"Sore feet an' damned short rations, that's all," said the loud soldier.

Too damned short, and I'm too tall for it.

Another damned short story, no doubt.

My list of confidants was damned short.

If she had a skirt on under that suit, it was damned short.

The army is damned short of men.

We were damned short on food.

You'd have to have a damned short memory riot to.

But they were damned short of suspects and motives at the moment, and Kresh saw no reason to turn his back on one.

Judging from the look of him, he'd had a long day and a damned short night.