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short·com·ings

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How to use shortcomings in a sentence?

  1. Bob Cleaves:

    I don’t care if it’s wind, solar, biomass — they all have their shortcomings…for biomass, the most limiting factor about our industry is that there’s a finite amount of waste in the United States.

  2. Read MoreGabriel Fairman:

    I try to dissuade people from working for our company. I try to be honest about all our shortcomings and challenges.

  3. Jack Schlossberg:

    Throughout his presidency, my grandfather made it clear that he alone could fix nothing; that he alone had no answers, he had the courage to plainly admit America’s shortcomings, to then lay out bold plans to address those problems and to ask his fellow Americans for help in solving them … he inspired a generation to enter public service and to ask what they could do for their country.

  4. Johannes Hahn:

    The Commission hopes to see an end to the escalating violence in Turkey and the return to negotiations on a lasting solution on the Kurdish issue, in the past year, significant shortcomings affected the independence of the judiciary as well as freedom of assembly and freedom of expression, in particular as regards increased pressure and intimidation of journalists.

  5. Josie Anello:

    I think it is all right to point out a person's faults or shortcomings or tragedies in their lives. It gives you a fuller, more honest picture, but there's a way to do it.


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