SHORT in Classic Quotes

1  His grey shorts were sticking to him with sweat.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

2  Ralph continued to blow short, penetrating blasts.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

3  Ralph found his breath and blew a series of short blasts.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

4  I said if you're taken short you keep away from the fruit.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water

5  Piggy was looking determined and began to take off his shorts.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

6  If you're taken short you go right along the beach to the rocks.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water

7  He wore the remains of shorts and his feet were bare like Jack's.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach

8  Beyond was a short stretch of sand and then the edge of the water.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death

9  There he started to pull on his tattered shorts, to be ready for anything.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

10  The ululation rose behind him and spread along, a series of short sharp cries, the sighting call.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

11  In the short chill of dawn the four boys gathered round the black smudge where the fire had been, while Ralph knelt and blew.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock

12  Piggy came with it, in shorts and shirt, laboring cautiously out of the forest with the evening sunlight gleaming from his glasses.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

13  Piggy wore the remainders of a pair of shorts, his fat body was golden brown, and the glasses still flashed when he looked at anything.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

14  He undid the snake-clasp of his belt, lugged off his shorts and pants, and stood there naked, looking at the dazzling beach and the water.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

15  The stake was in his hands, the stake sharpened at both ends, the stake that vibrated so wildly, that grew long, short, light, heavy, light again.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

16  A sharpened stick about five feet long trailed from his right hand, and except for a pair of tattered shorts held up by his knife-belt he was naked.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach

17  By the trunk of a vast tree that grew pale flowers on its grey bark he checked, closed his eyes, and once more drew in the warm air; and this time his breath came short, there was even a passing pallor in his face, and then the surge of blood again.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach