How to Use brevity in a Sentence

brevity

noun

• The book's major flaw is its brevity.
• Mike Espy resigned under pressure as Secretary of Agriculture yesterday at a news conference remarkable for its brevity and general absence of whining.
  — New York Times, 4 Oct. 1994
• Thankfully, there are a handful of easy ways to start mastering brevity.
  — Aaron Orendorff, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
• Questions and answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.
  — science.org, 1 Aug. 2024
• The responses have been edited for brevity and clarity.
  — Allison Gilbert, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020
• This interview had been edited for brevity and clarity.
  — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 31 Mar. 2020
• Some answers were edited lightly for brevity and clarity.
  — oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2020
• Note: Questions and answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2024
• Excerpts from the interview have been edited for clarity and brevity.
  — Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2020
• The interview below has been edited for brevity and clarity.
  — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2020
• The following transcript has been edited for clarity and brevity.
  — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 10 Jan. 2020
• The conversation below has been edited for brevity and clarity.
  — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2020
• The following interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2024
• From the start, Twitter’s character limit and constantly updating feed encouraged brevity and speed, if not always wit.
  — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 4 Mar. 2020
• Despite its brevity—and devoting so much screen real estate to meaningless prettywork—the installer is friendly to technical people, too.
  — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 11 June 2020
• So does the brevity of Vedder’s tour with The Earthlings.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022
• Swift is not alone in being dinged for lack of brevity.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 17 May 2024
• And at the same time maintaining our brevity, speed, and essence!
  — Heather Schwedel, Slate Magazine, 27 Sep. 2017
• Politicians tend to be long-winded, but brevity will be the name of the game on the crowded stage tonight.
  — NBC News, 27 June 2019
• What the Wings can learn: Sometimes the schedule — or just its brevity — is your friend.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 Jan. 2021
• Here’s what Bren had to say about the matchup: Answers have been edited for length and brevity.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 17 June 2020
• But yeah, the punk influence might have influenced the brevity of the songs.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021
• There’s a brevity and a rhythm and an insanity to that.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
• Here’s more of what Mould had to say from lockdown, edited for brevity.
  — Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
• If brevity is the soul of wit, as some wag once said, maybe no words is the wittiest option of all.
  — Jody Rosen, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• Readers may want brevity, but the times call for nuance.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
• The brevity of our lives contrasts the ancient movement of this body of water.
  — Pelican Bomb, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• Such brevity was a trademark of each album by the Ramones.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2022
• Meaning, more than ever, short is sweet and brevity is a virtue.
  — Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2018
• The brevity of conversations, the number of them—it’s not my sweet spot.
  — Laura Stevens, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024