laconic
Example Sentences
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Dry humor also pervades a novel that is enriched throughout by the laconic speech of the region.
As played by the terrific Mr. Lutken, he is cordial but laconic, and possessed of a cool, dry humor.
When we meet Dusty, the laconic protagonist of “Rebuilding,” he has already lost so much.
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He’s rough-hewn, simple, hardworking, not immune to the impermanent nature of the world but brought up short when that world goes awry; Mr. Edgerton has to give emotional depth to a laconic character.
Mr. Mamdani would present an enticing target to a political opponent of laconic self-discipline and charitable forbearance.
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