short-laid

As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

The precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable.

In short, fatherhood gets little attention in policy debates.

In his State of the Union address 50 years ago, LBJ laid out his vision for the Great Society.

But the qualities Mario Cuomo brought to public life—compassion, integrity, commitment to principle—remain in short supply today.

The inner ends of the burrows were enlarged with a depression in the floor, where the eggs were laid.

Sometimes the stems are quite bare; on other occasions they are partly branched; in any case the branches are short.

Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.

He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.

They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.