spareness

Example Sentences

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"We loved the spareness of the writing," Doyle explained.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

One of the first things that stands out about “Tokyo Express” is the elegant spareness of its prose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

A reaction against overly complex, representative works, the art that emerged in this period was characterized by spareness and abstraction.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

Neugebauer’s staging doesn’t pick up on it, though; the set, by the design collective called dots, references a painterly spareness but leaves out the beauty part.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2021

The architecture had a spareness and an economy of line that were pragmatic to the point of absurdity.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy