epigrammatic
Example Sentences
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Grant unfolds her story in epigrammatic fashion, moving gracefully in time, drawing parallels between multiple generations.
From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2020
And yet, line for line, her epigrammatic style perhaps most recalls that of Emily Dickinson in its radical compression of images and ideas into a few chiseled lines.
From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2020
He gives his characters some dinner-party wit that, when it sticks close to their experience, offers a spritz of epigrammatic effervescence.
From The New Yorker • May 3, 2019
Charismatic and epigrammatic, Dr. Oxman speaks as if in capital letters and long, enticing, musical paragraphs.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2018
While the Adams style generated a host of memorable epigrammatic flashes, it was the worst-possible vehicle for sustaining the diplomatic niceties.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
