How to Use short time in a Sentence

short time

noun
Definition of short timenext
  • Just a short time later, the Lions were once again on the clock.
    — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The car was abandoned a short time later, Weisler said.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
  • In our short time with the Z Flip 6, the outer screen was bright and responsive.
    — Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 10 July 2024
  • She was captured a short time later near the house, per WLBT.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
  • East Haven Fire Department was called a short time later to get the car open and pull the dog out of the car.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That's a short time frame to have that many shootings to include a homicide.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 10 July 2024
  • The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and the man died at the hospital a short time later.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 2 July 2023
  • Check out this hail in Belmont captured by one of our Deputies just a short time ago.
    — Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The chase ended a short time later, but the suspect refused to get out of his car.
    — Lori Weisberg march 4, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
  • All told us they had been displaced from their homes — some for a short time, others to this day.
    — Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2024
  • After a short time inside Massey’s home, Grayson ordered her to take a pot off the stove.
    — Karen Attiah, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • The man was detained around 5:35 a.m. and the freeway was reopened a short time later, Collins said.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The car was recovered a short time later, sources said.
    — Jack Date, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • And proponents had to campaign over a short time frame.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Just a short time later that day, 12-year-old Joseph Dunn was also attacked by a shark in the same creek.
    — Seth Jacobson, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
  • He was found dead in a police station a short time later.
    — Tinbete Ermyas, NPR, 20 May 2024
  • Rivera, 44, also shot in the back, managed to run out of the park to a deli, where cops found him a short time later, Kenny said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
  • He was rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead a short time later.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Dail fell backwards and was pronounced dead a short time later.
    — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Both men were taken to a hospital where one of them died a short time later.
    — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
  • He was pronounced dead in the emergency room a short time later.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 July 2024
  • The father then found the child in the backseat of the vehicle and rushed the child to the hospital, where the child was pronounced dead a short time later.
    — Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The label only existed for a short time in the ‘70s and has been dormant since then, but the name still belonged to Sony.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Deputies found the unnamed 16-year-old suspect a short time later by a canal in the area and placed him into custody.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Yet huge progress in a short time has been made in the creation of a Canary Islands Cinema.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 20 May 2024
  • What causes flash floods? Flash floods develop when heavy rains hit in a short time.
    — Cara Korte, CBS News, 11 July 2023
  • T'Yonna died at a hospital a short time after the shooting.
    — CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Barnes said that Thompson was booked into jail a short time later.
    — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Four of the victims died at the scene; Daniel died at a hospital a short time after the shooting Friday night.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Life gave us this kind of full-circle experience in such a short time, which was crazy to go through.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024

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