Sentence example with the word 'terse'

terse

abbreviated, chaste, compressed, docked, gnomic, mum, pointed, restrained, sparing of words, tight, untalkative

Definition adj. brief and to the point

Last update: September 4, 2015


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It was a terse judgement.   [adjective]

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A refusal to comment beyond terse statements is no way to encourage the wider dialog that is badly needed.   [adjective]

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Read his terse comments about the destruction of a great Roman bath house on the site of the Grosvenor Shopping Precinct here.   [adjective]

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--Imitate the concise style of old Aubrey, an experienced ghost-seer, who entered his memoranda on these subjects in a terse business-like manner; exempli gratia--At Cirencester, 5th March, 1670, was an apparition.   [adjective]

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It was terse, and comprehensive, containing at once a history, an accusation, and a prayer.   [adjective]

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In his swift, terse style, he is most like Defoe, who was the first great English journalist and master of the newspaper narrative.   [adjective]

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And one finds here and there terse descriptions, or snatches of song and ballad, like the "Boat Song" and "Lochinvar," which are among the best known in our literature.   [adjective]

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Other allegorists write in poetry and their characters are shadowy and unreal; but Bunyan speaks in terse, idiomatic prose, and his characters are living men and women.   [adjective]

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I could tell by her terse response Molly was nearby.   [Please select]

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And so, the terse captain himself had a soft heart which he seldom showed.   [Please select]

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"That, for your own sake as well as ours, is necessary," was the terse reply.   [Please select]

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