1. A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 

2. Scantiness of modesty is short of knowledge. 

3. My money came short of the necessary sum.

4. She was very short of breath .

5. Their company was short of funds.

6. The party was nothing short of a disaster.

7. United looked woefully short of menace in attack.

8. I'm a little short of money now.

9. The performance fell far short of our expectations.

10. I must render down this fat; we are short of lard.

11. The decree stopped short of a full declaration of independence.

12. Oil deliveries will fall 2.5 million tonnes short of demand this year.

13. The government is running short of hard currency to pay for imports.

14. My grave is not short of you to burn incense.

15. I'm short of funds so I'll pay you next week.

16. Doctors are short of time to listen and are therefore keen to dish out drugs whenever they can.

17. The editor is short of contributions for the June issure.

18. We will never stop short of the goal.

19. Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.

20. The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers.

21. She was fat and short of breath .

22. He couldn't walk far without getting short of breath.

23. Her recovery seemed nothing short of a miracle.

24. He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government.

25. Your little girl's not short of confidence[Sentence dictionary], is she?

26. We're running short of coffee again.

27. Being short of sickles, they are reaping by hand.

28. He was 76 votes short of the quota.

29. The results are nothing short of magnificent.

30. It crossed my mind yesterday that you must be a bit short of staff - shall I send someone to help out?