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

"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

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

His friend obeyed him, more alarmed by Andre's laconism than he could have been by some sudden explosion of passion.

From Caught in the Net by Gaboriau, Émile

He then tapped the postillion on the shoulder, and said to him, with the laconism compulsory on him from his knowledge of the Swedish tongue, "Aland?"

From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various