How to Use short shrift in a Sentence

short shrift

noun

• He gives short shrift to the author's later works.
• Dylan was turned away for not wearing a tie, and the Rolling Stones had the same short shrift.
  — Olivia Williams, Town & Country, 1 June 2021
• Which is not to say that the English bakers got short shrift.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2021
• But that gives short shrift to the rest of the park, which is stuffed with special places that aren’t (always) swarmed with crowds.
  — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2021
• For the most part, Mr. Corera gives wartime pigeons short shrift.
  — Hilda Kean, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2018
• And finally, don’t give white wines (and sparkling) short shrift.
  — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2022
• Sylvie isn’t the only one of Marion’s friends who gets short shrift.
  — Keely Weiss, ELLE, 4 Nov. 2022
• And big men’s clubs sometimes give their women’s team short shrift.
  — Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2021
• Ironically, that last one gets short shrift in Baz Luhrmann's new take on the King, Elvis.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 June 2022
• Even the valiant Marine and gifted writer E.B. Sledge gets short shrift.
  — Elizabeth D. Samet, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2019
• The book heaves with corporate detail, yet Mr. Raianu gives short shrift to the juicier parts of the Tata saga.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 13 July 2021
• There’s no shortage of dramas during these years from which to choose, and some of the more compelling plots get short shrift.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2021
• Neither the big picture nor the far more personal one gets short shrift here.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2022
• The media is giving the CBO's analysis short shrift, but the news is great for the economy and the working class.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 Feb. 2021
• All too often, however, the work of women who choose to stay at home still gets short shrift.
  — Melanie Kirkpatrick, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
• But this, frankly, gets short shrift, and feels more dutiful than inspired.
  — David Treuer, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
• Many critics gave the book short shrift, seeming not to grasp either its tone or its appeal.
  — New York Times, 12 Dec. 2021
• Nothing gets short shrift here; the menu respects meat dishes and seafood equally.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 17 Feb. 2022
• Such characters often got short shrift in the theater, but not here.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• War, the crucial context from which the evil in the play naturally emerges, is given short shrift.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
• But the gas-only LX and EX by comparison seem to have gotten short shrift.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2023
• But Kidder, to his credit, never gives short shrift to the larger context.
  — Richard Just, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
• He is obsessed with a singing career, but his delusion is given short shrift.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 17 July 2023
• The techniques required to prepare and handle guns can't be given short shrift or learned in a hurry.
  — Rob Ackerman, CNN, 28 Oct. 2021
• But the stop sign being held aloft by the crossing guard is given short shrift in comparison.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
• As athletes we are taught to take care of our body, and perhaps the mental & emotional aspect gets short shrift.
  — Halle Kiefer, Vulture, 1 June 2021
• The 1619 date also gives short shrift to the enslavement of Native Americans.
  — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• Thiel’s approach to venture capital gets short shrift in his book.
  — Sebastian Mallaby, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2021
• This gives short shrift to the integrity of jurors themselves and to the voir dire process that Trump’s legal team can use to weed out biased jurors.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
• And since many of these plum positions are concentrated on the East Coast, other parts of the country get short shrift.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 7 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024