laconism

Example Sentences

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The only time he abandoned his Trappist laconism was when Alba went to visit him in his tunnel of books.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

This I shall endeavour to interpret, by developing to the best of my ability the laconism of the philosophical naturalist.

From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

His friend obeyed him, more alarmed by Andre's laconism than he could have been by some sudden explosion of passion.

From Caught in the Net by Gaboriau, Émile

First he had not sufficient command of English to translate with the necessary laconism and assonance: secondly in his day British Philistinism was too rampant to permit a literal translation.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The just and elegant laconism of Byron, by substituting the past for the present tense, may now be adopted as a faithful and brief summary of what was George Canning.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 268, August 11, 1827 by Various