Short Spoken

Often it made him cross and short-spoken with her. ❋ Hobb, Robin (1999)

Though short-spoken, he could wax colorful when he wanted. ❋ Cook, Glen (1982)

Into the stunned silence that followed this outburst from short-spoken, reticent Olive, there came a new voice; such a sweet, lovely voice with ❋ Fannie Belle Irving (N/A)

I was trying to move the sofa at the moment and I was inclined to be short-spoken. ❋ Various (N/A)

My Dear Charles, -- St. John, in 1914 a light-hearted lieut., advancing and retiring with his platoon as an all-seeing Providence or a short-spoken ❋ Various (N/A)

There was little frolic left in them when night came; they were short-spoken, prone to grow fierce over trifles. ❋ Jackson Gregory (1912)

The young clerk flushed with pleasure at this chorus of praise, rude and indiscriminate indeed, and yet so much heartier and less grudging than any which he had ever heard from the critical brother Jerome, or the short-spoken Abbot. ❋ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 (1902)

There was mischief brewing among these hot-headed, short-spoken salts, but Captain Foley changed the subject to discuss the new ships which were being built in the French ports. ❋ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 (1896)

TORONTO - General Motors roared out of bankruptcy protection Friday with a new corporate structure, a stronger balance sheet, and a pledge by its short-spoken chief executive to break definitively with past blunders that turned what was once the world's biggest automaker into an industrial invalid. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I say “quasi-interview” because his responses to their questions are so terse that it’s hard to tell if he actually said them or not, except that Jamie is rather short-spoken in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2008)