Shortest
//ˈʃɔːtɪst//
"Shortest" in a Sentence (11 examples)
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
Take the shortest route to Paris.
I wonder which way is the shortest.
This is the shortest way to the station.
As far as I know, he is the shortest student in this school.
We took the shortest way to the station.
Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
Excuse me, what is the shortest way to go to the station?
"This is the shortest way," the truck driver concluded.
It's the shortest route to Paris.
The two-word poem "Fleas", by Ogden Nash, is arguably the shortest poem in the English language.
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