Phrases with «shrift»

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The word "shrift" means to confess one's sins and receive absolution or forgiveness from a priest. Full definition

Adjective + «shrift»

Sentences with «shrift»

  • It provides teachers with a convenient way to use a laptop or a smartphone to give students immediate props for good behavior or to flag them for misbehaving, and makes it a whole lot easier for teachers and parents to communicate about the kind of critical behavioral and character stuff that can get short shrift given today's fascination with test scores. (educationnext.org)
  • It seems to me that 16 - bit RPGs on anything but the SNES have gotten short shrift from critics over the past 20 + years. (gameological.com)
  • Dufy, Marquet, and Van Dongen are given short shrift by modern curators while much that is merely pandering and gratuitously provocative gets attention and draws crowds. (booksteinprojects.com)
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