"short" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- When the war was launched, the Pentagon expected a short conflict.
- Hence also the shorter conflict against the Jesuits, who claimed by word and action a share in its teaching.
- Many dogfights occurred during the short conflict, often involving many planes.
- This led to a short conflict, known as the Danzig rebellion.
- He waylaid him on leaving the house of his entertainer and after a short conflict, killed him.
- A truce was worked out which, as it turned out, would be the permanent end to this short conflict.
- Following a short, intense verbal conflict Trevor is thrown out.
- At about two o'clock that afternoon, after a hard, short conflict in which she struggled desperately to hang on to life, she died, aged 30.
- If asked to go into conflict in Iraq, what you'd like to do is have it be a short conflict.
- Additionally, border disagreements between the two states had led to short conflicts in 1972, 1978 and 1979.
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