She felt short of breath and flushed.(她感到氣短,臉也紅了。)

Her last throw was only three centimetres short of the world record.(她的最后一擲距世界紀錄只差三厘米。)

With a difficult tee shot, select a club which will keep you short of the trouble.(開球難度較大時，選擇一根用起來能不給你添亂的高爾夫球桿。)

Her father's illness left the family short of money.(他父親的病使得全家缺錢。)

Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.(去年的數字簡直是災難。)

She stopped short of calling the president a liar.(她差一點兒沒指責校長說謊。)

I'd never let you go short of anything.(我什么都不會讓你缺的。)

We are short of candles.(我們缺蠟燭。)

The family was short of even the bare necessities of life.(那家人甚至沒有最起碼的生活所需。)

He stopped a hundred yards short of the building.(他停在離那座建筑還有100碼遠的地方。)