few words

Idioms  

1. see of few words.

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Example Sentences

These days, Greenlanders are shocked by how few words their brethren can speak in their ancestral tongue—and by the poverty of Native Americans in Alaska.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then there were some whispers and a thwip sound as somebody put a hand over the microphone, but you could still hear voices and a few words: “...matches...horrible wet cigar...get rid of that bear...”

From Literature

But Flora was demanding all my attention, so I could only make out a few words here and there.

From Literature

"I want to say a few words about Ukraine," she said.

From BBC

A special envoy for Xi was in Venezuela’s presidential palace on Friday afternoon, enjoying a laugh with Maduro as the South American leader was trying out a few words in Mandarin, just hours before U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal