Example sentences for: terse

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

  • The WP reports tension inside the White House between political advisors, who feel it's imperative for Clinton to quickly and forcefully rebut allegations, and the lawyers, who warn that Clinton should keep his public comments terse and undetailed until they can assemble more facts.

  • The dialogue, much of it straight from the book, is full of terse humor (when a cop comes by to interrogate Vaughan about a hit-and-run, Catherine brushes him off: "Vaughan isn't interested in pedestrians").

  • The Wall Street Journal kissed off 1.8 million homeless Chinese in six terse lines towards the bottom of its front-page news briefs.

  • Throughout this terse, entertaining parable (it won the grand prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival), the Belgian-born writer-directors Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne ( La Promesse , 1996) immerse you in the sensations of Rosetta's life: her daily, roundabout slog through the woods to reach the trailer park where she lives with her alcoholic mother (she's too ashamed to go through the front entrance); her frustrating treks to find employment, however menial; and, most of all, her countless rages at a society that refuses to grant her a "normal" (her word) existence.

  • Greed, too, was discouraged with a terse reminder, You don't need that any more than a toad needs side pockets.


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