How to Use in short supply in a Sentence

in short supply

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  • And trust among the American public is in short supply.
    — Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Boosting demand while homes remain in short supply will increase prices.
    — Luca Gattoni-Celli, National Review, 30 June 2024
  • And when labor is in short supply, contractors can find themselves in a rush to meet deadlines, construction workers say.
    — Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
  • But the French are rarely so generous with their sitting presidents – gratitude is in short supply.
    — Joseph Ataman, CNN, 9 July 2024
  • At $8,000 per shell—which are in short supply and high demand—that is an expensive proposition.
    — Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024
  • That means even fewer affordable rentals and potentially higher prices for everyone because available units are in short supply.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 5 May 2024
  • Other arms, like the 155-millimeter artillery rounds that Ukraine desperately needs, are in short supply worldwide.
    — Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • But the drug’s been in short supply and very hard to find.
    — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 27 May 2024
  • The drug has been in short supply since the end of 2022 and Diamond set out to learn why.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 13 Mar. 2024
  • But one of the best things about Towa Bird is that for her, verve is never in short supply.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2024
  • But in his 13-month tenure, those were in short supply.
    — James B. Stewart, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • Now with the sauce in short supply, those lucky enough to have their hands on the product are hoping for a cash boon.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • Check it out: But what happens when shells are in short supply?
    — Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Sriracha is in short supply these days — and that spicy crisis is linked to the climate crisis.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
  • Two of the drugs in short supply are carboplatin and cisplatin.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • Optimism for Thomas doesn’t seem to be in short supply.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 8 May 2023
  • Charm is in short supply at the movies these days, but Gosling and Blunt give us every reason to believe in it.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 June 2024
  • Gazans were able to go out to stock up on essentials, though long lines remained and goods were in short supply.
    — Jeremy White, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The workers who care for aging adults are already in short supply.
    — Daniel Gonzalez, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Texas Hill Country peaches should be in short supply this year thanks to a mild winter.
    — Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 14 June 2023
  • But production slots for both widebody and narrowbody jets are in short supply through the rest of the decade.
    — Guy Johnson, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
  • But production slots for both widebody and narrowbody jets are in short supply through the rest of the decade.
    — Guy Johnson, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
  • Although shortages are not new, the number of drugs in short supply has grown steadily for about two years.
    — John Wilkerson, STAT, 14 Sep. 2023
  • His humility was a trait that is in short supply these days.
    — Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2024
  • Purposeful passes and movement off the ball were in short supply no matter who was on the court.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Those resources are now in short supply, and hundreds of thousands of people have fled south.
    — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Lithium is not in short supply, nor is the planet in danger of running out of lithium.
    — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Bangla is among the tongues spoken in India, where he was born, but Bangla-speaking actors in the United States are in short supply.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Anesthesia has been in short supply for about two weeks, doctors say.
    — Abu Bakr Bashir, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • But reasonable voices are in short supply, and drowned out by the loudest, the angriest, and most adamant.
    — William Falk, The Week, 1 May 2023

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