Thus far Meyer's terse instructions have been high-concept: Turn on the sex.

Napster issued a terse statement denying that its future is in jeopardy.

We just get very terse statements that the case has been solved.

There are different ways to write expressions, some more terse than others.

Perhaps because it was so terse; perhaps because it was so characteristic.

Sally would comfort me in my thin days by the terse compliment:

To the first of these the terse old Latin satire would apply:

But neither of these expressions is as terse as the following expression:

The woman's message was terse and cryptic, even for the Twitter generation.

VEB released a terse statement confirming that Gorkov had been named chairman.

Be terse in style, vigorous of phrase, apt, concretely apt, in similitude.

In these books he proved himself a master of terse, epigrammatic statement.

The chatter dissolved as the analysts tracking various developments gave terse briefings.

Not because Virginia prattled-tothe contrary, her narrative was terse and brief.

With a few terse questions Paul ascertained the exact condition of affairs.

The terse-tooterse-messagepassed from hand to hand till it reached Terry.