Sentence examples for a terse note from inspiring English sources
A terse note ordered Turrell to "dispossess, quit, and surrender the premises".
Alas, that news seemed to surprise Sharp, which put out a terse note saying no revision had been agreed.What is going on?
"Tonight I arrived home from work before her to be greeted by a terse note that read: 'Peel potatoes, light fire, walk dog.
On Friday evening, their company, Macklowe Properties, issued a terse note: "Macklowe Properties has reached extension agreements with Fortress Investment Group and Deutsche Bank".
KABUL, Afghanistan — This month, with President Hamid Karzai looking ahead to a visit to the White House, he received a terse note from aides to President Obama: Your invitation has been revoked.
But how reliably can linguistic experts establish that Person A wrote Document X when Document X is an e-mail — or worse, a terse note sent by instant message or Twitter?
And on Wednesday, Howard Wolfson, an influential deputy mayor, approvingly reposted a Twitter message from Joseph J. Lhota, a Republican candidate, who said he would emphasize public safety if elected mayor; Mr. Wolfson added a terse, unambiguous note: "Agree".
After fewer than 600 days of marriage to Joline, all of which take place off-screen, Mr. Wilson's Carl decamps for parts unknown, leaving a terse, vague note on the counter of their New York loft.
Kelley also quotes the terse note that her subject sent to the publisher Nan Talese, after Talese endured a painful televised browbeating over the fabrications in James Frey's memoir "A Million Little Pieces".
The White House press secretary, Ari Fleischer, issued a terse statement noting that Mr. Hussein had met the deadline with "what it claims is a declaration of its programs to develop chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and other delivery systems".
When Hugo Chávez this week welcomed Obama's "grand triumph" and declared himself open to meeting the president-elect to forge a "constructive bilateral agenda", the Obama camp issued a terse statement noting that relations between Washington and Caracas "will not improve unless Venezuela respects democracy and the rule of law".
