epigrammatic

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Husson films “Mothering Sunday” in extreme close-ups and quick, epigrammatic shots, jumping back and forth in time to Jane and Josh’s meeting “before the boys were killed,” and forward to the 1950s and beyond.

From Washington Post

During the long development section of “Trio,” I adore a few briefer groupings of notes that reflect Young’s early enthusiasm for the Second Viennese School — particularly Webern’s epigrammatic style.

From New York Times

It is written with elegance and often pungency, the pitch-perfect dialogue ranging from the waggishly epigrammatic to the bluntly outraged.

From New York Times

This sensitive and impressive piece of work is too long to quote, but another aspect of Mr. Cullen’s work may be given, and that is his keen, almost epigrammatic gift that borders on satire.

From New York Times

With a shrewd, pared-down and epigrammatic prose style, he has written “a quietly brilliant book that warms slowly in the hands.”

From New York Times