How to Use short shrift in a Sentence

short shrift

noun

• He gives short shrift to the author's later works.
• In the rest of Spain, Catalan complaints get short shrift.
  — The Economist, 1 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Every arc is given short shrift, and most of the story beats are all too predictable.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• 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
• Even among monument allies, the tribes got short shrift.
  — Jake Bullinger, Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Some of the groups, however, argued that voters get short shrift.
  — Anjali Huynh, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• 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
• What's more, Apple customers have long complained that some Mac apps get short shrift.
  — Mark Gurman, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• 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 Derry and Murphy thought Booker spent too much time creating his tuile, giving short shrift to the lamb and the polenta.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024