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

"Whatso thou wouldest do that do!" a contrast with our European laconism.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

She answered other questions with equal firmness and laconism.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various

He never spoke much himself; of a truth, his gentle, immutable laconism was the only charge that his comrades ever brought against him.

From Under Two Flags by Ouida