How to Use truncated in a Sentence

truncated

adjective

• The Dodgers, with 76 such truncated starts, would blow away that record.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• To the right of the photo, over Kim’s shoulder, is a car that looks truncated.
  — Teen Vogue, 27 Mar. 2018
• Neuqua won the team title at the truncated meet with 109 points.
  — Kevin McGavin, Naperville Sun, 4 May 2017
• The hope was that would be this summer, as part of a truncated two-show season.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 11 Apr. 2021
• 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
• 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
• It was done in a truncated amount of time and after the tourist season ended.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2024
• It’s hard to glean clues about the state of the electorate in an August special election for a truncated term.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
• 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
• The truncated timeline of a runoff election doesn’t help.
  — John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 9 Apr. 2020
• This week’s links round-up is therefore a bit truncated.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2011
• The novel’s long and complex plot has been hacked down into a truncated dud.
  — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 26 Oct. 2017
• Did the truncated spring reduce the head start the January arrivals have over the summer group?
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2020
• 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
• In its truncated first season, the show played her ambition for cringe-watch laughs.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2020
• 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
• Despite the truncated session, volume on the NYSE was 685.5 million shares, a record.
  — Wired News Staff, WIRED, 27 Oct. 1997
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Baird’s tapir resembles a silly cross between a pig and an elephant with a truncated trunk.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 July 2018
• Most of the streets in your grandmother’s old neighborhood are gone or much truncated.
  — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 16 June 2018
• 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
• The truncated edition has aired three times since its debut in 2018 — with two of the seasons acting as counter-programming to the Winter Olympics.
  — EW.com, 2 Nov. 2023
• Evan throws his hot coffee across his dress shirt and falls to the floor in a truncated attempt at crawling, then grabs two students from the hallway and ushers them to safety in a nearby classroom.
  — Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024
• And then there’s the six-year time jump in the show’s truncated final season, which allowed Viktor to create a life as a bar owner with a healthy amount of partnership outside his familial baggage and the oppressive thumb of his (alien) father.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024