terseness

Example Sentences

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The terseness is the message: Beijing no longer feels obliged to pretend it is weighing the costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“Hesitant about what? I guess I’m frightened now that I realize how truly cowardly most people are,” singer-lyricist Oldham replies with a certain terseness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2021

He and Mike discuss pavement, the writing process, and the terseness of Bruce Springsteen.

From Slate • May 28, 2020

“Everybody gone now,” he wrote in an e-mail, in 2010, with uncharacteristic terseness.

From The New Yorker • May 30, 2019

One Sunday, two weeks after the occupation, Aureliano entered Gerineldo Márquez’s house and with his usual terseness asked for a mug of coffee without sugar.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez