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

The horrible proposition, more so from its very laconism, despite the auditory to whom it is addressed, does not find favourable response.

From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne

The coldness is most often simply the apparent coldness of restraint; the baldness, the laconism of a spirit that abhorred loose, ungainly manners of speech.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul

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

Paling suddenly, Mr. Hildreth dropped his eyes and replied humbly, though with equal laconism, "I was thinking."

From Hand and Ring by Green, Anna Katharine