Example sentences for: pithy

How can you use “pithy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Thank you especially for "Today's Papers"--lots of time saved there and a nice pithy overview.

  • Bean slippers, pajamas, and bathrobe matching set, sat down in my spacious breakfast nook over my customary English muffin and marmalade, took a sip of this delightful Turkish blend my wife and I picked up in the most adorable little catalogue we found, and began flipping through the day's periodicals in search of something pithy and clever to ruminate upon.

  • On the other hand, brevity is what gives a pithy aphorism its strength.

  • For a campaign song that's pithy you have to go back to 1931 and the satirical musical Of Thee I Sing , in which John P. Wintergreen campaigns for the White House with a powerful slogan ("A Vote for Wintergreen Is a Vote for Wintergreen") and a (by the Gershwins) of just four lines:

  • He wanted a sound bite--something pithy to take out of context.


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