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

I have purposed to avoid all exuberant ornaments of style, all pompous parade of erudition, and contented myself with a plain diction, and a strict laconism.

From A Guide for the Religious Instruction of Jewish Youth by Reggio, Isaac Samuele

Abb� Morellet pays many thanks for the answers to his queries, but complains of their shortness and laconism; however it is not your fault.

From Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France by Cushing, Max Pearson

“No,” answered I, imitating his laconism of speech.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

The coldness is most often simply the apparent coldness of restraint; the baldness, the laconism of a spirit that abhorred loose, ungainly manners of speech.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul