How to Use truncated in a Sentence

truncated

adjective
  • The hope was that would be this summer, as part of a truncated two-show season.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 11 Apr. 2021
  • The Dodgers, with 76 such truncated starts, would blow away that record.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Neuqua won the team title at the truncated meet with 109 points.
    — Kevin McGavin, Naperville Sun, 4 May 2017
  • The novel’s long and complex plot has been hacked down into a truncated dud.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 26 Oct. 2017
  • To the right of the photo, over Kim’s shoulder, is a car that looks truncated.
    — Teen Vogue, 27 Mar. 2018
  • In its truncated first season, the show played her ambition for cringe-watch laughs.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2020
  • That was not the King the Padres saw for most of his truncated outing last night.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The new process is more truncated and designed to move a much larger group of people in a short amount of time.
    — Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 July 2018
  • In a truncated campaign, Democrats hope this will be enough to get her across the finish line.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Most of the streets in your grandmother’s old neighborhood are gone or much truncated.
    — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 16 June 2018
  • Good Omens is getting a final send-off, albeit a truncated one.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The restaurant is divided into the main dining room as well as a bar that serves a truncated food menu.
    — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Consider the trunk, a truncated version of a boxer brief that offers the best of both worlds.
    — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2023
  • In Spain, the gin tonic — a truncated form of ginebra y tonico — is a thing.
    — Lisa Futterman, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2018
  • There’s a truncated version of French opera cake, along with three other smaller desserts for $4-6.
    — Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2019
  • But most plaintiffs have pressed their claims in truncated, emergency proceedings.
    — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The truncated season leaves both teams out of AIA playoff contention.
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Later that night, the team announced that Williams would return for a truncated 19th season.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2020
  • In many ways, Saturday’s talk was a truncated version of the marathon speech that the senator gave in April.
    — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
  • Otherwise, the lineup and truncated rotation Lue used against the Hawks was a band-aid, one that's about to be torn off.
    — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Yet the show — and it 83 wearable designs featuring truncated tweeds and A-line miniskirts — seemed to lack in romance.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
  • New and returning shows are back on the broadcast networks, with truncated seasons in the 10-13 episode range.
    — Nina Metz, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Not including the truncated 2020 season, those would be the lowest marks of his career.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • Ohtani is a top contender for the AL Rookie of the Year award despite his truncated pitching season.
    — Greg Beacham, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
  • Improvement is important, so take Tatsuya Imai’s truncated start Monday night as a sign of it.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • Rashed could stay and play for OSU during its truncated 2020 season, then do all the runup events prior to the draft.
    — oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Impeached president Yoon Suk-yeol lived in the building before and after his truncated term as president.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Stop briefly in Heroes’ Square for a truncated timeline of Hungary’s melancholy history.
    — Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The house that Gingeras snapped up in 2020, an A-frame with a flat, truncated top, was nicknamed the Toaster House.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2025
  • On the resulting truncated power play, Gauthier’s buzzer-beating bid for a hat trick didn’t go, sending the affair to a shootout, where the Ducks have been flawless.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026

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