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

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

For a day or two following Devereau's unsatisfactory laconism nothing developed.

From Winner Take All by Evans, Larry

"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