succinct

Example Sentences

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He answered several questions with a succinct “I’ve got nothing for you on that.”

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

When Curt Cignetti arrived at Indiana as the latest coach charged with turning around the program with the most losses in college football history, he offered a succinct self-appraisal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

When told of the candidate’s party affiliation, there was the succinct response: “We’re not.”

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2025

Through Bentley and Kwedar’s telescope, “Train Dreams” feels like an epic in miniature, with an intimacy and scale that’s carried over from the succinct prose-poetry of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella on which it’s based.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

Perhaps the most succinct way to put it is that Washington was leaving office not just because he was hearing whispers of mortality,but also because he was wounded.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis