She arrived at the outdoor concert in short pants, braving the cool evening air.

When she saw the painting, she stopped short at its unexpected likeness to her grandmother.

The tower instructed the pilot to hold short of Runway 27 until the landing aircraft had cleared.

Short squeezes forced many hedge funds to cover their positions, triggering a cascade of buying.

Field linguists often note that the short illative appears in casual speech more than in formal writing.

The linguistics professor explained how short illatives function in certain Finnic dialects.

By going short on the stock, she aimed to profit from the expected price drop.

When the market shows weakness, he goes short on tech stocks to hedge his portfolio.

By the end of the week the pantry had gone short, so we started rationing food.

During the volatile session, she went short on the tech stock before it crashed.