Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: shorter
IPA transcription: [ʃ'ɔɹtɚ]
Pronunciations of shorter
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Usage examples
  • The tail is shorter and finer than our English cats.
  • I have walked both routes and consider the latter the shorter.
  • Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
  • Here I split my discourse (give me your arm, Sophronia), into three heads, to make it shorter and plainer.
  • The four friends exchanged a joyful glance; half of the work was done. It is true, however, that it was the shorter and easier part.
  • And then he had suggested that she should go alone perhaps for a shorter time, and stay in her brother's villa with the children, Alice and Stephen.
  • Nothing, said he, can be longer, since 'tis the Measure of Eternity; Nothing is shorter, since there is Time always wanting to accomplish what we aim at.
  • Then it got down off the mushroom, and crawled away in the grass, merely remarking as it went, 'One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.'
  • I have lived with the tramps there for eight consecutive months, besides passing numerous shorter periods in their company, and my acquaintance with them is nearly of ten years' standing.
  • There was probably a modicum of truth in this--the fact remained that the garments which were more scant and shorter than those of any other feathery person were also more numerous and exquisite.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 90377 Sedna, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Red vs. Blue, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Island fox, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Aggie Bonfire, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Bird, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Poetry, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Quantum optics, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cattle egret, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Triceratops, License CC BY-SA 4.0