The shorted beachgoers sipped lemonade under the umbrellas.

The electrician explained that the faulty wire had shorted the circuit, causing the lights to go out.

Mr. Short offered to mentor the interns, sharing decades of experience at the firm.

In the illuminated manuscript, the margin notes described the hem as shorte, a common spelling of the period.

In her phonics lesson, the short a was introduced with picture cards for cat, rack, and map.

Is 'Liz' short for Elizabeth, or is it just a nickname she prefers?

Please replace every instance of the short and with the ampersand symbol when formatting the document.

At the literary festival, she read several short-short stories that captured the audience's imagination.

I often recommend short short stories to busy readers who want literature in a single sitting.

She entered a short short story in the contest that challenged writers to capture a lifetime in just two paragraphs.