Though the speech was laconic in nature, it told worlds about why it is important to follow directions. From LearnThat.org.
He brings a new meaning to the word laconic and his choice of words is as accurate as his spicing. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
I must have some kind of laconic contempt of pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » From one hell deadline into another] Reference
Plus, he wouldn't have to look up "laconic" in the dictionary. From Wordnik.com. [Harold Pollack: Now It Must Be Told: Barack Obama's Worst-Kept Secret of the Campaign] Reference
So, it seems that we get the word 'laconic' from the Spartans, or Laconians, of ancient Greece. From Wordnik.com. [This is perfect!] Reference
Those words being primarily 'laconic' and 'sardonic'. From Wordnik.com. [Wraithbait] Reference
The Spartans were dignified, austere, and of few words, "laconic" in speech. From Wordnik.com. [History of Education] Reference
To the Persian command to give up their weapons, the "laconic" reply was given by Leonidas, "Come and get them.". From Wordnik.com. [Outline of Universal History] Reference
"Water," said Seth Allport in the same laconic way. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
"That's about it," was the cowboy's laconic answer. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys] Reference
She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. From Wordnik.com. [Hackers and Spending Sprees] Reference
Grant the laconic message: "Let the thing be pressed.". From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
This laconic footnote was initialled "H.F. (translator).". From Wordnik.com. [The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III.] Reference
"Police Department," said a laconic voice from the speaker. From Wordnik.com. [Damned If You Don't] Reference
They exchange laconic looks and suddenly burst out laughing. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit Upwelling] Reference
Namely that this laconic dude really is the hottest MC alive. From Wordnik.com. [Lil Wayne's World] Reference
His air laconic, the beard now ashen grey. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Young Aesthetes] Reference
Benson completely put down by the laconic and inflexible Sumner. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
In this calm, and, apparently laconic manner, he bade Flora adieu. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
"Injuns -- been wounded," said Seth, in his usual curt, laconic way. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
Our laconic friend was trudging on behind the party, and to my surprise. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
Eastwood is never showy, but his laconic simplicity has never been so sly. From Wordnik.com. [Go Ahead, Take My Prez] Reference
(Though laconic, Gates is approachable and can, at times, be dryly witty.). From Wordnik.com. [Stealth Warrior] Reference
Analysis and context are sometimes dispensed with; he's laconic to a fault. From Wordnik.com. [War and Remembrance] Reference
Define these exactly: inquisitorial; lachrymose; laconic; surreptitious; contumely. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
Furthermore, Forrestal's laconic manner of expressing himself, famous in bureaucratic. From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
His laconic tone masks Finland's deepening sense of urgency about its giant neighbor. From Wordnik.com. [Deep-Frozen Assets] Reference
The mature Jean Rhys (Diana Quick) provides laconic commentary on her turbulent past. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For A Home] Reference
Quintessentially Latin, Berlusconi's style is nothing like Bush's laconic folksiness. From Wordnik.com. [Sex, Religion & Politics] Reference
"Sure; they're jealous," was the laconic reply, at which all the girls laughed scornfully. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
What unknown, inquisitorial terrors lay behind those dread, laconic words, Emmy Lou knew not. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
Thackeray's first public reading to the lecturer's face, with the laconic remark, "Wants a piano!". From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
But talk is always secondary to the painterly Mann, who likes his dialogue laconic and his images lush. From Wordnik.com. [Mann In The Wilderness] Reference
The impression which she received from the laconic attendant in charge went into her notebook in this form. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
There is an old laconic expression, “Witham pike, none like,” which is only a condensed form of an older adage. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
The utterance therefore of his laconic decisive sentence, "He dies," should be marked with a triumphant sneer as well as malice. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1] Reference
The election may turn on whether voters want a new president and vice president who sound more like trial attorneys than laconic cowboys. From Wordnik.com. [THE ART OF THE CLOSING ARGUMENT] Reference
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