They're rather short-handed at the moment. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And his office is both short-handed and overburdened. From Wordnik.com. [Why He's Failing] Reference
York office of the Association has been short-handed. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 12, December, 1889] Reference
My brother and Windich being away we were short-handed. From Wordnik.com. [A Source Book of Australian History] Reference
Because the Postal Service is chronically short-handed. From Wordnik.com. [Paula Gordon: 'Ashes and Switches' for Whom?] Reference
All their elder sons were away, so they were short-handed. From Wordnik.com. ['The Stakes Are Huge'] Reference
He's only short-handed because it's cropped well this year. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
Of course we are short-handed, but I believe we can pull through. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Allies Under the Sea] Reference
"Not short-handed, are you?" asked the manager, rather anxiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real] Reference
You know we're short-handed in technicians for the military fleet. From Wordnik.com. [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference
"I don't like doing it, " he told Sharpe, -but we're short-handed. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Trafalgar]
It's plain that the Army is short-handed by at least 30,000 troops. From Wordnik.com. [War Stories: Military Moonlighting] Reference
She was short-handed that morning, so there was no time for preliminaries. From Wordnik.com. [For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store] Reference
I ` m not short-handed with anything and I ` m always prepared for it all. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2006] Reference
The captain was in a raging temper, for he was short-handed to begin with. From Wordnik.com. [Greenmantle] Reference
"Why," I asked, "are you so short-handed that you are doubling and trebling?". From Wordnik.com. [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference
Chase left his team, seeing the piece short-handed, and began to pass ammunition. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
Bolland's second short-handed goal of the playoffs gave the Blackhawks a 2-1 lead. From Wordnik.com. [Blackhawks Beat Flyers, Take Game 1 In Stanley Cup Finals] Reference
Men in all departments are stinted, and the hospitals are all seriously short-handed. From Wordnik.com. [With Rimington] Reference
'We're awfully short-handed, sir,' said the Sergeant, touching his forage cap to Volnay. From Wordnik.com. [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference
The news was all good, taken as a whole, but the men say they were "a bit short-handed!!". From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915] Reference
We were rather short-handed, for I could hardly get men when I started, for love or money. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
Firefighters admit that they are short-handed in having enough people to fight these fires. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Firefighters Continue to Battle Blazes Out West - August 20, 2000] Reference
Soon, instead of being short-handed, Call found that he had almost more men than he needed. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
With a short-handed bullpen and an overworked starting staff, there was little room for error. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Greenberg: Nightmare in Minnesota] Reference
But it is characteristically American — always trying to get along short-handed & save wages. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
Spuggy, George, and Orr went off to Paris for new bicycles, and we were left short-handed again. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
Here he remained some months, until taken off by a Sydney whaler, short-handed, and glad to catch him. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
We wouldn't submerge if we were as short-handed as that, and we couldn't cruise for any length of time. From Wordnik.com. [On The Beach]
But wo betideth the trabaccalo or short-handed merchantman that may happen to be becalmed in their sight. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference
That, in turn, left the Pike short-handed over Easter weekend, which contributed to a three-hour traffic jam. From Wordnik.com. [Commutes Speed Up as Fewer Drive] Reference
Brady was absent the department was short-handed, as usual, so that there was only an odd minute or two for idling. From Wordnik.com. [For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store] Reference
Like it's been a piece of cake to work lately what with how short-handed we are managerial-wise and bookseller-wise. From Wordnik.com. [dulligirl Diary Entry] Reference
ICE is so short-handed, they couldn't possibly keep up with 3 million employers, and many of them hiring illegal aliens. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2007] Reference
I am exceedingly obliged for your promises as to slaves, and I am indeed, as you say, short-handed both at Rome and on my estates. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
In the first semifinal, Woodbridge upset No. 5 Stone Bridge at Ashburn Ice House, getting a pair of short-handed goals to secure a 6-3 win. From Wordnik.com. [Woodbridge and Herndon advance to NVSHL final] Reference
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