Intellectuals, long cherished by the establishment, get short shrift now.
The new Labor Party seems to accept closer European integration with enthusiasm and to give left-wing extremists short shrift.
As much as the tech industry loves to celebrate its "road warriors," in truth mobile business users have been given surprisingly short shrift.
give [get] short shrift
Current conflicts-and weapons for those conflicts-got short shrift.
The bill also gave short shrift to most other clean energy programs.
The teacher gave the talkative girl short shrift, telling her the answer is simply listed at the back of the book.
Inevitably, some important chapters of the crisis get short shrift.
Some courts are also giving bosses of bankrupt firms shorter shrift.
From our side there's little news other than the suggestion there was a brief encounter between Rosell and Arsene Wenger during which the Arsenal manager gave him short shrift.
The idea has been given short shrift by philosophers.
My only concern is that Dr. Clay gives rather short shrift to the ways in which voluntary sustainability standards can affect global supply chains and impact consumer behavior.
A fit of the sullens got short shrift in our house.
make short shrift of...
But no receipt openeth the heart, but a true friend; to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
Those who seek asylum also receive short shrift.
to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
Creatures less useful or adaptable get short shrift: the extinction rate is running far higher than during normal geological periods.
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