Sentence examples for terse language from inspiring English sources

In the dry, terse language of security police, the report describes Mr. Gaxiola as an opponent of the system, but hardly a threat to the state.

For a time Mr. Takacs's pitch-perfect delivery of the tough-guy terse language, set against Ms. Careless's writhing, arching-backed posing, feels resonant: man as brute and victim; woman as unobtainable temptress, fallen angel.

Ms. Rice used more diplomatic and terse language, reiterating the White House's view that if Russia wanted to be considered a respected member of the international community, it needed to honor its commitment to a peaceful settlement.

The governments of Canada, Britain, France, Holland, Germany and Japan, among others, have all said they were disturbed by the arrests, often in the kind of terse language that diplomats avoid.

Nevertheless, we should note that in on-going work with this instrument: response rates have been high (>70percentt); NHA interviews have determined that the terse language is welcomed and extremely well understood; and, the graphic 1 to 10 response scale is liked.

Facts like this, quoted in the terse, merciless language of medical science, are spliced into the book, a mixture of lyrical memories and inexplicable passages written in italic that try to capture his roiling brain ("What will we do when all the lights are lit?").

Though told in a spare, compressed prose that reflects the terse speech of their immigrant characters, the stories often burst into emotional, metaphorical language.

Terse words were exchanged.

The unremittingly potent "8 17 p.m., Darling Street," by Bernard Emond, is a tough, terse French-language film, set in Montreal, that's weighted in a direction completely different from that of Mr. Maddin's antic bloom.

Indeed, Clinton's latest report on Uganda was remarkably terse in its language, an indication of the west's changing tone towards Uganda's new breed leader.

This is Mr. McCraney's own story, and this is the kind of language — terse and unsentimental — that has helped make him a playwright of uncommon acclaim.