You'd think the golden age of the short story would be now, given our increasingly short attention span.

Then, too, in an age of increasingly short attention spans, repetition is good politics.

He had a sense of humor, something in increasingly short supply in the world at large.

Mary, increasingly short of breath, still manages a wan smile.

This is a shame because their spirit and openness are in increasingly short supply there.

But exploring all the other possibilities takes time, a commodity in increasingly short supply.

Her messages have been growing increasingly short and vague over the past few weeks.

What nobody knows is whether the revolution has enough time, given the voting public's increasingly short temper.

They're not quite extinct, but Italian children are in increasingly short supply.

In child care, labor can amount to 60 to 80 percent of the total budget, and qualified workers are in increasingly short supply.