terseness

Example Sentences

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We need to go back to a little terseness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

“Hesitant about what? I guess I’m frightened now that I realize how truly cowardly most people are,” singer-lyricist Oldham replies with a certain terseness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2021

He and Mike discuss pavement, the writing process, and the terseness of Bruce Springsteen.

From Slate • May 28, 2020

Another way that she avoided an overbearing “I” was simply with the terseness of her prose.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

One Sunday, two weeks after the occupation, Aureliano entered Gerineldo Márquez’s house and with his usual terseness asked for a mug of coffee without sugar.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez