Sentence examples similar to terse and basic from inspiring English sources

Though his comportment onstage was upbeat, at times even giddy, Mr. Veloso was exploring some of the darker and less consoling regions of human emotion, the same basic terrain covered on "cê" (Nonesuch), his terse and arresting recent album.

It is back to basics for Ms. Marin, whose early acclaim came with pared-down pieces like "May B," her terse and brilliant 1981 tribute to Samuel Beckett.

Its classical Chinese is terse and elliptical.

It was terse and elegiac.

Ritt's commands are terse and monosyllabic.

Structurally Sibelius is terse and simple.

The Mayor was terse and pessimistic.

Jumbo was terse and no-nonsense, a busy man.

Criticism is often terse and annoyed.

The dialogue is naturalistic; terse and unexpressive.

They had a terse and awkward online chat.