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

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

"Fifty-one cents," said the girl, through the inimitable laconism of gum chewing.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie

"En grant barnage fu Looys entrez; Quant il fu riche, Guillaume n'en sot gré," ends the poem with its usual laconism.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George

"Well, where have you been?" he said to her with offhand laconism.

From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas