Sentence examples for but terse from inspiring English sources

As did Mr. Shorter's quick interjections, fluttery but terse.

His friend Trigger, who walking by, was friendly but terse.

Mr. Flatt is animated when talking about his businesses but terse when questions turn to his personal interests.

Her essential 1964 book Grapefruit – the typescript for which is displayed here page by page – consisted of nothing but terse, open-ended instructions for readers to follow.

(I called the production company to inquire about writing such a show, and a polite but terse woman informed me something along those lines was already in the works, but declined to reveal specifics).

This is true as far back as 1970, the early days in terms of the show, in the seemingly naive but terse "Cat with a Bird" by Vladimir Yakoulev.

A story deals not in entire lives but partial ones, not in the genial but the terse.

But their terse verdict is designed to pre-empt, rather than encourage, debate.

Such detail is omitted for the successful hits, where we get little but a terse phrase about the target "dropping".

But that terse report only mentioned him among several leaders and did not imply anything more than a formal expression of sorrow.

Unsurprisingly, it objected – but his terse email exchange with a Nike official was quickly spread among thousands of bored office workers.