laconic

Example Sentences

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Mr. Kuznetsov is his tautly reserved partner, spending much of the movie listening, observing, posing pointed questions, laconic but alert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

But perhaps the laconic statement from Marie Sherlock of the center-left Labour Party captured the spirit of this ugly encounter in a more realistic mode.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

He’s rough-hewn, simple, hardworking, not immune to the impermanent nature of the world but brought up short when that world goes awry; Mr. Edgerton has to give emotional depth to a laconic character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Van Loon, added: "So now and then he could come across as laconic, a bit too easy going. Maybe at times some youth managers even thought of him as lazy."

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

Breakfast conversation is limited to a series of laconic grunts.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck