Synonyms

1. cut

Sentence Examples

1. Melcorka heard Aharn curse, shortened her grip on Defender so she held it two-thirds of the way up the blade and used the hilt as a club, crashing it down on the man opposite her.
2. It is a shortened version for The Hand of Issal, a sect within the Ministry.
3. It shortened lifespans, made everyone stupider and weaker, more selfish, more violent, less altruistic and social in their behavior.
4. Kadamba, who usually went by the shortened version, Ka, wondered if there was ever a more beautiful creature on the entire planet of Koranth.
5. Jack tightened his hold on the mare, shortened reins pulled her head down and around, a simple ploy designed to convince his opponent that he was in retreat.
6. In the hours that had passed, the fits of sleep, or the comatose condition that passed for it, had grown more frequent, so that the pauses when conversation was possible were shortened.
7. Her sleeve shortened briefly, revealing a tattooed symbol on the inside of her wrist.
8. His valet de chambre observed that he shortened his walk every day by several turns.
9. He could hear her breathing, which had shortened and sharpened until she was almost panting with distress.
10. In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St.