How to use shortage in a sentence

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• Due to bed shortages, Jeff and Paul had to bunk together.From the entry bunk
• After the hurricane there was a severe regional shortage of plywood, especially exterior plywood.From the entry plywood
• There is a one-to-one relationship between days with large cash shortages and his workdays.From the entry one-to-one
• The government took steps to head off summertime shortages of gasoline.From the entry head off
• There is no shortage of ravening friends and relatives on the day one hits the lottery.From the entry ravening
• Our operating costs have shot up due to the fuel shortage.From the entry shoot up
• I heard there's a lemon shortage. On that note, do we have any lemonade stocked up?From the entry on that note
• The price ceiling was well below the laissez faire price that demand would have supported, so there were always shortages.From the entry laissez faire
• A notice was attached to the building reminding the residents about the five hour water shortage that was happening today.From the entry notice
• The ocean beneath the arctic ice cap hosts many unique organisms adapted to the cold and shortage of light.From the entry ice cap
• Bananas have gone up because of a shortage.From the entry go up
• A shortage of supply is a longage of demand.From the entry longage
• Cuba took limited free market-oriented measures to alleviate severe shortages of food, consumer goods, and services to make up for the ending of Soviet subsidies.From the entry make up
• The shortage caused prices to skyrocket.From the entry skyrocket
• This is painful but necessary in view of the shortage of gas.”2023 January 10, Kate Connolly, “Climate activists ‘prepared to risk lives’ to stop German coalmine”, in The Guardian. From the entry lignite
• And there's no shortage of golden retriever boyfriends, or GRBs, in pop culture.2023 November 29, “Taylor Swift Has A 'Golden Retriever Boyfriend' And Now Everyone Else Wants One”, in HuffPost, archived from the…. From the entry GRB
• A shortage of first-class seats is the definition of a first-world problem.2023 May 15, Chris Bryant, “Good luck finding first-class plane tickets”, in Sun Journal, page A5, column 1. From the entry first-world problem
• Local officials believe latchkey programs could help mitigate Knox County’s child care shortage.2022 August 30, Grant Pepper, “Could Fredericktown’s latchkey program serve as a model for other Knox County school districts?”, in…. From the entry Knox County
• It’s not like there was any shortage of booze in Eloe.2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, pages 153–154. From the entry package store
• Vaccine shortages, which occur intermittently, also contribute to underimmunizations or delayed immunizations by missed opportunities.2015, Earnestine Willis, Pediatric Prevention, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics, →ISBN, page 1097. From the entry underimmunization
• Water shortage has become a bottleneck for the economic development of Dunhuang, Gansu Province.2014 April 8, “The endless dry spells of Dunhuang”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 24 May 2021. From the entry Zhuanqukou
• Think about what we would expect to find if there really were a skills shortage.2014 March 31, Paul Krugman, “Jobs and Skills and Zombies”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry skills shortage
• The Georgian who runs the place is responding to food shortages with highly questionable ingredients.2013, Wolodymyr Mohuchy, chapter 18, in From the Ashes, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 146. From the entry ponchik
• The Sui army, suffering from exhaustion and shortage of supplies, finally retreated.2006 [2003], Jae-eun Kang, “Confucianism in the Three Kingdoms Period”, in Suzanne Lee, transl., The Land of Scholars: Two Thousand Years…. From the entry Qingchuan
• The second question of the night was about the shortage of flu vaccine.2004 October 13, Dick Meyer, “Opinion: Bush Did Well, But Kerry Won”, in CBS News, retrieved 22 Jun 2012. From the entry on point
• Adherents of the “peak oil” theory warn of a permanent oil shortage.2004 April 4, Daniel Yergin, “Imagining a $7-a-Gallon Future”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry peak oil
• Fixing cars in the time of shortages can be very profitable.1999, George Oscar Lee, Goat for Azazel: A World War II Story, Xlibris (hardback) (paperback), chapter 4, page 92. From the entry Cracov
• Boarder babies are both a cause and a result of foster care placement shortages.1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources, The Enemy Within: Crack-cocaine and…. From the entry boarder baby
• Sure, there wasn't a shortage of Spaceforce personnel who didn't envy him.1981, James R. Berry, Quas Starbrite, →ISBN. From the entry spaceforce
• This has resulted in a severe shortage of coal in our region.1980 September 24 [1980 September 15], Baoriledai [宝日勒岱], quotee, “RENMIN RIBAO Carries More Excerpts of NPC Deputies' Speeches”, in Daily…. From the entry Nei Monggol
• MacKinnon is all-the-time saying Works Department one calamitous shortage of funds got – Bye-bye!1971, David Bee, The Victims, Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa, →OCLC, page 49. From the entry bumpery
• As regards A&B Blocks, there is a great shortage of houses.1966, Jammu and Kashmir (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly, Debates; Official Reports. From the entry patwar
• Florence Pace, Cornell bowhuntress, found a way to beat the current meat shortage.1946 October 3, “Bowhunters Bag Deer at Necedah: Florence Pace, Cornell, Gets Five Point Buck”, in Chippewa Herald-Telegram, Chippewa…. From the entry bowhuntress
• The shortages have given rise to a grey market last seen shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union.2026 July 7, Pjotr Sauer, “Russian cities feel the pinch amid worsening fuel shortages”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry grey market
• Didn’t they tell us we needed illegals to help build more houses to counter the housing shortage in the US?2025 July 8, Brandon Smith, “Do They Deserve It? Mexico Is Collapsing As The US Deports Illegals Back Home”, in Alt-Market.us. From the entry superman
• "We have a 70 percent shortage of ammunition.2023 May 5, Unknown, “Wagner Group 'to pull out of Bakhmut'”, in RTHK. From the entry bleep out
• Sriracha lovers everywhere are feeling the not so pleasant sting of the beloved hot sauce shortage, now in its second year.2023 July 2, Aliya Uteuova, “Sriracha lovers feel the heat as hot sauce shortage continues”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry sriracha
• The former president, after all, has no shortage of liabilities.2023 February 14, Chris Stein, “Republican 2024 race heats up as Trump rival Nikki Haley announces run – as it happened”, in Katharine…. From the entry final boss

Meaning of shortage

1. noun A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

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Questions about shortage in a sentence

How do you use shortage in a sentence?

Shortage is used as a noun. For example: “Due to bed shortages, Jeff and Paul had to bunk together.”

What is a short sentence with shortage?

“The shortage caused prices to skyrocket.”

What does shortage mean?

Shortage means a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.