A refusal to comment beyond terse statements is no way to encourage the wider dialog that is badly needed. [adjective]
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Read his terse comments about the destruction of a great Roman bath house on the site of the Grosvenor Shopping Precinct here. [adjective]
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--Imitate the concise style of old Aubrey, an experienced ghost-seer, who entered his memoranda on these subjects in a terse business-like manner; exempli gratia--At Cirencester, 5th March, 1670, was an apparition. [adjective]
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It was terse, and comprehensive, containing at once a history, an accusation, and a prayer. [adjective]
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In his swift, terse style, he is most like Defoe, who was the first great English journalist and master of the newspaper narrative. [adjective]
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And one finds here and there terse descriptions, or snatches of song and ballad, like the "Boat Song" and "Lochinvar," which are among the best known in our literature. [adjective]
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Other allegorists write in poetry and their characters are shadowy and unreal; but Bunyan speaks in terse, idiomatic prose, and his characters are living men and women. [adjective]
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I could tell by her terse response Molly was nearby. [Please select]
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And so, the terse captain himself had a soft heart which he seldom showed. [Please select]
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"That, for your own sake as well as ours, is necessary," was the terse reply. [Please select]
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