Examples of 'cents short' in a sentence

Meaning of "cents short"

cents short: Refers to a small amount of money or currency that is lacking or insufficient

How to use "cents short" in a sentence

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cents short
I am like five cents short.
Forty cents short of makin ' it.
I just counted my money And I discovered I was 16 cents short of my first million.
Just 10 cents short of the target price.
Oh, we came up five cents short.
Old Jahil, always 20 cents short of a quarter, trying to make change.
All that and still 30 cents short.
But when you are 10 cents short they tell you to get off, eh?
You know that dame is really 60 cents short.
Forty cents short of makin' it. - You got forty cents in your purse?
He was ten cents short.
You are -- you are three cents short.
We came up 5 cents short.
Hey, um, I am seven cents short.

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