How to Use pithy in a Sentence
pithy
adjective
- The critic gave the film a pithy review.
- The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.
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What might sound like a pithy slogan is in fact the truth.
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Charlotte Lytton,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2024
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Knoxville sums up the new film’s ethos in one pithy and very true line.
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Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Feb. 2022
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This ale – made with lemon and orange zest – is not pithy at all on the palate.
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Marc Bona,
cleveland,
5 Sep. 2021
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Or at least the schmaltz found in the 27-year-old’s pithy chart-topping ballads?
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Jessi Roti,
chicagotribune.com,
24 May 2018
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Not in the language of the internet, where the sharpest barb or the pithiest insult wins the day.
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John Archibald | [email protected],
al,
25 Aug. 2019
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Thinly slice half of the lemon into rounds (discard the thick pithy end).
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Beth Segal,
cleveland,
23 Sep. 2021
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Marks’s pithy analysis of how the world works looms large here.
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John Tamny,
Forbes,
10 Sep. 2024
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And this could be the rare occasion when the Tick can't glean a pithy moral from the adventure.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
10 Sep. 2019
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There are pithy little hints in the captions of the first slide, and the answers are on the second slide of each entry.
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Times Staff,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2022
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In early August, Bernie Sanders came on for a pithy hour-long episode.
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Devin Gordon,
The Atlantic,
19 Aug. 2019
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Here are some pithy Bolton-isms that are clear-eyed and have the advantage of being right.
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Cal Thomas,
Anchorage Daily News,
29 Mar. 2018
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And come back with something pithy and witty about her.
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Fox News,
26 Apr. 2018
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This is the same assistant who also speaks in tweets: short pithy sound-bites.
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Liz Matthews,
Town & Country,
21 May 2015
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Capsaicin is concentrated in the white pithy part of the pepper that holds the seeds and to a lesser extent, in the walls of the flesh.
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Rick Martinez,
Bon Appetit,
18 Oct. 2017
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The one that provided an all-too-pithy prelude to The Big One which spanned Christmas through spring.
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refinery29.com,
16 June 2021
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Vaclav Smil put this point in his usual pithy way in the form of a commandment.
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Jemma Green,
Forbes,
19 May 2021
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Oh, and there’s also Dudley, who’s clearly good for a pithy quote.
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Josh Peter,
USA TODAY,
6 July 2019
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The wine is pithy and textured, with distinct tannins and a bitter edge on the finish.
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Sara L. Schneider,
Robb Report,
6 Dec. 2021
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Before you pull the plug, there’s no reason to delete all of your pictures, pithy comments, and back and forth with friends.
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Chris Morris,
Fortune,
21 Mar. 2018
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In the age of Black Lives Matter, the desire to carve out a crisp, pithy position is greater than ever.
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Hua Hsu,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2021
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The pithy tweets from its Twitter account made highlight reels.
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Washington Post,
18 Mar. 2018
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Cue this list of pithy anniversary caption ideas to help.
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Samantha Lawyer,
Woman's Day,
13 July 2022
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The great man deserves something far more pithy and trenchant.
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David Benedict,
Variety,
13 Dec. 2022
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Grapefruit, maybe some stone fruit notes, just a little pithy, with a creaminess on the finish in this hazy IPA.
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cleveland,
3 Apr. 2022
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The virus’s temporary designation—2019-nCoV—is neither catchy nor pithy.
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Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2020
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Stokes and Pearce often played twin rhythm guitars, and Pearce’s solos tended to be short and pithy.
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Washington Post,
26 Feb. 2022
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The Clientele is a guitar-bass-drums trio known for its pretty, pithy chamber-pop songs.
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Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
9 Aug. 2023
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An online petition gathered 1,472 signatures (and pithy remarks) sent to the email boxes of park personnel and city council members.
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Hollace Ava Weiner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 July 2024
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