Explore Terse through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like crisp or curt. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Terse in a sentence
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Terse meaning
- Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
- Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
- Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.
Using Terse
- The main meaning on this page is: Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point. | Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt. | Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.
- Useful related words include: crisp, curt, laconic, concise.
- In the example corpus, terse often appears in combinations such as: in terse, terse statement, the terse.
Context around Terse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Terse
- In this selection, "terse" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, statement, message and letter stand out and add context to how "terse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aides the terse statement added and communiqué was terse but it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "terse" sits close to words such as agonizing, allocates and alves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with terse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Don’t do frog,” was one teen’s terse critique. (10 words)
He will be accompanied by his aides, the terse statement added. (11 words)
His knowledge of Microeconomics, Quantitative Economics, and Monetary Economics maybe very terse, or limited if you like. (17 words)
From there, Makwarela’s position weakened rapidly, following a terse letter from Tumelo Ledwaba, the chief registrar of the High Court in Pretoria, who confirmed “the document purporting to be an order issued by this court was never issued in our court”. (42 words)
Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke gave a terse response when asked about the return of former coach Thomas Tuchel to Signal Iduna Park with his Paris Saint-Germain team for Tuesday's Champions League last 16 first leg. (40 words)
Reacting to the report in a terse statement on Sunday, the NLC Head of Information and Public Affairs, Mr Benson Upah, described the report as fake news, maintaining that there is “no notice of strike from the Congress. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
From there, Makwarela’s position weakened rapidly, following a terse letter from Tumelo Ledwaba, the chief registrar of the High Court in Pretoria, who confirmed “the document purporting to be an order issued by this court was never issued in our court”.
He will be accompanied by his aides, the terse statement added.
His security is bigger than that of the President,” another source had said in a terse message to SaharaReporters.
Politico is reporting today that three of those candidates who won’t be on the debate stage Wednesday night have some terse words about how the RNC has handled the process.
Reacting to the report in a terse statement on Sunday, the NLC Head of Information and Public Affairs, Mr Benson Upah, described the report as fake news, maintaining that there is “no notice of strike from the Congress.
The release from the US Embassy was terse: a state of “high alert” due to threats to American interests, which I read as business and people, in that order.
Although it was working with a minuscule budget of $6,000 and only played in a few theaters in the United States, his 1998 debut feature "Following" was praised for its tight storytelling and terse psychological underpinnings.
Confirming his return, Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, in a terse statement via X on Thursday, said the Yoruba Nation activist was in the country for his mother’s burial.
In fact, as pointed out recently by Democratic activist Julie Roginsky, when the Democratic National Committee held its winter meeting recently, it broke down into terse arguments about policy.
It shows how the Vandals turned from a club of motorbike racing enthusiasts, founded by terse Johnny (Tom Hardy), into a drug-running, murderous gang.
The communiqué was terse, but it boomed with a note of finality, for the attendees who signed off on the new order were the who-is-who in Afenifere and Yoruba land.
The Israeli Justice Ministry made the announcement in a terse message late Thursday, saying the investigation would focus on the findings of a recent report by the Uvda investigative program into Sara Netanyahu.
Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke gave a terse response when asked about the return of former coach Thomas Tuchel to Signal Iduna Park with his Paris Saint-Germain team for Tuesday's Champions League last 16 first leg.
Don’t do frog,” was one teen’s terse critique.
His knowledge of Microeconomics, Quantitative Economics, and Monetary Economics maybe very terse, or limited if you like.
In contrast to Sclubb and his associate Klump’s wordiness, note how terse and telegraphic Hartigan’s voiceover is when we are first introduced to him in the car.
Naturally, I wanted to hear about his battle experience, but he was rather terse with his recollections, “I’m just lucky I didn’t die.
State officials issued a terse news release announcing the death, gave no details, and scheduled a news conference, reports.
The Commission in a terse reply dated August 20 2019 indicated that it would address that complaint.
The Head Public Relations at FMC, Segun Orisajo only confirmed two cases via a terse statement released on Friday night.
Common combinations with terse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: