Example Sentences

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Whereas Strange’s glibness with patients and his peers made him unlikable almost to ridiculousness in the first Doctor Strange, here it plays much more like pithiness Cumberbatch is occasionally able to accent with charm.

From The Verge • May 3, 2022

"Justice Ginsburg, with her characteristic pithiness, used this to describe how a nominee should comport herself at a hearing: 'no hints, no previews, no forecasts,'" Barrett said during the hearing.

From Fox News • Oct. 14, 2020

There is a great premium on pithiness, and, of course, you have to have an idea—probably one and a half ideas, something to give it a little bit of a tweak near the bottom.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 24, 2019

“I’m ready for this job,” he concluded, then evaluated his pithiness: “That was 58.2 seconds.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2019

As any Swanburne girl could tell you, a knack for pithiness is well worth acquiring.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood