"give" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Their firm had been given short shrift and was passed from one office to the next.
- That bill was given short shrift in the House last week, and that's a shame.
- The character of 1940's Berkeley is given short shrift too.
- In other words, Bush had given short shrift to diplomacy.
- But the series gives short shrift to the country's black majority.
- Richard's post led me to wonder what movie I might have given short shrift in recent years.
- But in America around 1950 the architectural press gave traditional design short shrift.
- For once, a film about jazz does not give the music short shrift.
- Usually, the psychological needs of patients are given short shrift.
- My mother gave them short shrift when they stopped her.
Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.