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Example sentences for "shorts"

Lexicographically close words:
shortly; shortlye; shortned; shortness; shortnesse; shortsighted; shortsightedness; shortstop; shortwave; shot
  1. This improvement means protection against shorts due to flaking, always so likely to occur during the summer "overcharging" season.

  2. Preparatory to Charging After Battery Has Been Opened and Shorts Removed The next operation is to put the battery on charge.

  3. Free all the shorts in this way, unless you have some old rubber insulators.

  4. Why must you free the shorts and put the battery on charge?

  5. I now, for the first time, perceived that Waller was arrayed in a very decorous suit of dark grey, with cord shorts and boots, and looked a very knowing style of servant for the side of a tilbury.

  6. By contrast, the Cubs had non-descript shorts and shirts, no two alike.

  7. He slipped a pair of jeans over his shorts and went that way.

  8. She stood there briefly, lithe-limbed, a tall, slim girl, then had the white shorts over her nakedness in one quick motion.

  9. Without embarrassment, Sophia had seen the men ahead of her in line strip and climb into the white shorts before they disappeared through a portal ahead of the line, depositing their clothing in a growing pile on the floor.

  10. Sophia Androvna Petrovitch strode forward, took a pair of trim white shorts from the neat stack at his left.

  11. She lay on their sunning rock in shorts and halter, completely relaxed, an opened magazine face down on the rock beside her, a pair of sunglasses next to it.

  12. The gentleman in the plush shorts and cottons considering it no part of his duty to show the people from the office out, consistently declined to answer the bell, and they showed themselves out.

  13. The little man in drab shorts who answered to the name of Brother Tadger, bustled down the ladder with great speed, and was immediately afterwards heard tumbling up with the Reverend Mr. Stiggins.

  14. While it was being sung, the little man with the drab shorts disappeared; he returned immediately on its conclusion, and whispered Mr. Anthony Humm, with a face of the deepest importance.

  15. Were there any other items of wearing apparel such as shorts or undershirt?

  16. He would even go to church with shorts on, you know, this is something, he would do something that nobody else would do.

  17. Spigot appeared in buckled shorts and black silk stockings; while vases of evergreens and winter flowers mounted sentry on passage tables and landing-places.

  18. I am not criticising the spirit in them; but merely trying to keep mistaken shorts off you.

  19. Paul noticed a heap of torn cloth, all that remained of Earth-made shorts and jackets and overalls, ripped for bandages.

  20. He wore only shorts and Earth-made shoes; months of handling a heavy bow had made his upper arms almost as thick as the narrow part of Mijok's forearm.

  21. Tossing the other stones back in the stream, he put the quartz in the pocket of his shorts and headed back for the clearing, picking up dry wood on the way.

  22. Involuntarily he glanced down at the tartan shorts that were his only garment to make sure that they were on properly.

  23. She unzipped her golden gown, stepped out of it to reveal a pair of tartan shorts that matched his, and a narrow halter.

  24. Chuba did his own alterations on the shorts to cut them down to his size.

  25. The shorts Chuba got from the Americans in the camp.

  26. The tattered shorts and torn shirt that he wore had been dug up by the always astonishing Chuba.

  27. He was given a locker, a towel, a pair of athletic shorts and a first-aid kit.

  28. He stripped off his clothing, placing the tunic, underwear and sandals in the locker, then climbed into his athletic shorts and fell into line with the other men and women carrying their towels and first-aid kits into the gymnasium.

  29. I still think, though, the young hussy ought to wear some clothes--those white nylon shorts make her look nakeder even than usual.

  30. The tailings from this machine go to the shorts bin, some few middlings from next the tail of the machine are returned to the head of the same machine, while the remainder are sent to the first germ rolls.

  31. The flour goes to the red dog bin, the tailings to the shorts bin, while some stuff intermediate between the two, not fine enough for the flour but too good for shorts, is returned to the red dog rolls.

  32. What goes over the tail of this reel is sent to the bran bin, and that which goes through next to the tail of the reel, goes to the shorts bin.

  33. Shorts can now be had at 30 cents per double bushel, weighing about 35 lbs.

  34. If it is alleged that my calculation of hay is too high, it may be observed, that the shorts are also estimated at a price higher than they often command in the Philadelphia market.

  35. One hundred bushels of shorts would be ample to mix with two tons of straw, and two tons of stalks.

  36. It was just 65 degrees; I sat outside in shorts and a light top.

  37. Moreover, shorts and "American" attire seemed to be the rule, which made everyone more comfortable.

  38. No one scoffed or gestured comically in our direction at our "different" types of apparel as they had done in Mexico City; there, slacks were not considered proper attire for women, nor were shorts for either gender.

  39. She wore a light blouse and faded brown shorts made from a coarse homespun material.

  40. Glynnis' shorts and thin blouse weren't much protection against the thorns or the recoiling limbs of bushes but she didn't complain.

  41. The guy who beckoned him over to a market-stall had the look of an aging bangbanger: shaved head, tattoos, ridiculous cycling shorts with some gut hanging over them.

  42. She paused her chair and lovingly reached out to set down a pair of appliqued shorts with organic LEDs pulsing and swirling around the waistband.

  43. They were wearing shorts with sneakers, and bright handkerchiefs knotted at their throats; no hats, but Sim had tied a ribbon like Alice in Wonderland around her head to keep her short curls in place.

  44. The dog put a dainty paw on Arden's white shorts as if to reassure them all most completely.

  45. The little man in the drab shorts who answered to the name of Brother Tadger, bustled down the ladder with great speed, and was immediately afterwards heard tumbling up with the Reverend Mr. Stiggins.

  46. Her own comfortable house always contained one or more of the odd-come-shorts whom she had not managed to place out in good situations.

  47. Just now there was the Belgian family, and also, as Anna had managed to discover, three odd-come-shorts in the kitchen.


  48. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shorts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bear; dungarees; pants; petticoat; short; undergarments