| His friend obeyed him, more alarmed by Andre's laconism than he could have been by some sudden explosion of passion. |
| She answered other questions with equal firmness and laconism. |
| At the meeting of young writers in November 1956 Havel's speech shocked the audience by the valor with which he expressed heretical in those times thoughts about the freedom of creativity and by the laconism of definitions. |
| The principal hallmarks of Echenoz's style are his laconism, his dry wit, and the precision with which he chooses words and images. |
| This laconism came from the lips of a young man who was walking along the Levee of New Orleans. |
| He was the Spartan of Tobymen, and laconism was the short soul of his professional legislation! |
