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Meanings of always short in English

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Usage of always short in English
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Such a social crisis is always short, but it is very severe.
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2: November 1863...
2
His speeches are always short, always full of facts, and always forcible.
Fifty Years of Public Service / Personal Recollections of Shelby...
3
With Elle around, ways were always short, burdens light, and dangers less fearsome.
Winter door
4
Avram himself, she remembers, was always short, but broad and solid.
To the end of the land
5
Christopher learned that Mama was always short and to the point.
The Lives of Christopher Chant
6
And with Miss Alicia Adair the step from wonderment to investigation was always short.
Empire Builders
7
My father's choir in Gainsborough is always short of baritones.
The clouds beneath the sun
8
Buying and selling clothes, I am always short of cash.
Poor Relations
9
It's so very distressing to be always short of money.
Pixie O'Shaughnessy
10
Well has Bossuet said, that "human wisdom is always short of something."
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
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Our meetings were always short, other people were involved, and it was basically all business.
Blind willow, sleeping woman
12
Of course, they are always short-handed in the hospitals.
Red Fleece
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They ruptured the insulation in the armature and that's why it's always short-circuited and sparked.
The Man from the Bitter Roots
14
Among primitive peoples the penal code was always short.
Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
15
Yes, but his letters are always short and monosyllabic.
The Northern Light
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This Maliterni was a boon companion, always ready to oblige, and always short of money.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
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