Examples of 'we were short' in a sentence
Meaning of "we were short"
The phrase 'we were short' indicates a situation where there was an insufficient amount or quantity of something. It can refer to a shortage of resources, money, time, personnel, or any other factor necessary for completion or fulfillment. It is commonly used to express a state of lacking or being unable to meet a desired or expected outcome
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we were short
He said we were short a thousand the other night.
We had to act fast and we were short of equipment.
We were short and you did not even blink.
I had her wear it because we were short in uniforms.
We were short of staff last night at an embassy.
I have done it in previous years when we were short on money.
We were short of money all of our married life.
We chose the latter because we were short on time.
We were short of the bloody things before.
We ate there because we were short on time.
But we were short of money and it all fell apart.
It was a shame we were short of time.
But we were short of money all the time.
I guess this explains why we were short of one unit.
We were short enough before the attack.
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We have always known we were short a man.
We were short of food after the war.
So when they caught on that we were short and have breasts.
We were short on ammunition and ran out of it.
In the end we were short of books.
We were short on time and wanted to see as much as possible.
They were only at the last robbery cause we were short on manpower.
They knew we were short film makers.
Because I had to do the work myself when we were short staff.
Quid is what we were short of when we bought this place.
We had long discussions, even though we were short of time.
We were short of time and had no time for lunch.
I told you we were short.
When we were short of food he gave his share to the kids.
Just yesterday we were saying we were short a Spinoza man.
But we were short a desk once the new student came.
Anthony is having a cow He said we were short a thousand the other night.
And we were short a few players to book the whole field.
Anyhow, that makes up all the money we were short.
I thought we were short on jujutsu sorcerers.
The sun was already very low, so we were short of time.
Cause we were short on manpower.
Anyway, while we were looking into you, we discovered that we were short payments.
We were short for a couple of bottles and decided to drink it.
I thought we were short of money.
We were short on tank trucks.
Then one night, we were short staff in the house.
We were short last time.
Regrettably we were short of volunteers!
We were short of labor.
When we left for Bastogne, we were short of equipment.
But we were short vecuronium.
Do not flatter yourself . We were short of labour.
In case we were short of entertainment.
Do not flatter yourself . We were short of labor.
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We will rest here for a short time
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