How to Use "shorten" with Example Sentences

1. In february I urged fixed-income investors to shorten maturities .

2. Stay low : shorten your running stride and keep your feet lower to the ground .

3. Shorten the hems on your bargain pants and you 'll look chic rather than vaguely like you 're trying to sweep the streets .

4. They also want to shorten experiments to three months rather than six .

5. By pushing heels up , such shoes in effect shorten the calf muscles .

Nearby words

limit retrench trim lessen down cut shrink contract dock clip short decrease reduce diminish prune pollard slash lop curtail shear

shrink compress edit abridge synopsize summarize condense abbreviate brief boil digest narrow down breviate