How to use "short" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "short" in popular movie and book plots

  • In short order, every message coming to and from Chartley Hall was intercepted and read by Walsingham.  - Babington Plot
  • In addition to the main narrative, the book contains several independent short stories featuring Rat and Mole.  - The Wind in the Willows
  • A short time later he draws a face in the bloody hand print on the ball, names it Wilson, and begins talking to it.  - Cast Away
  • A short time later in Jerusalem, General Allenby urges him to support the "big push" on Damascus.  - Lawrence of Arabia (film)
  • Harpo and Sofia have five more children in short order.  - The Color Purple
  • The travel begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver gives a brief outline of his life and history before his voyages.  - Gulliver's Travels
  • A short time later, the misunderstanding is cleared up—the actual robber (James Strand) was caught three days earlier in Edinburgh.  - Around the World in Eighty Days
  • Caught by guards, he is imprisoned for a short time but is set free by Cadsuane and the other Aes Sedai.  - Winter's Heart
  • The show's board of directors plan to run a short 10 week season rather than risk losing $25,000 a day in a shaky post-war economy.  - The Greatest Show on Earth (film)
  • Edward Ferrars pays a short visit to Barton Cottage but seems unhappy.  - Sense and Sensibility
  • A short while later, the "manager's boy" announces to the rest of the crew, in a scathing tone, "Mistah Kurtz—he dead" (Conrad 117).  - Heart of Darkness
  • Fawkes left the country for a short time.  - Gunpowder Plot
  • He soon emerges and makes short work of the JSDF stationed there.  - The Return of Godzilla
  • Elizabeth characteristically delayed in acting on the matter and he was detained under house arrest for a short time.  - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
  • A short note is located at the end of the final chapter written 7 years after the events outlined in the novel.  - Dracula
  • An alliance led by Babylon 5 frees Earth from totalitarian rule by president Clark in a short but bloody war.  - Babylon 5

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