After a few words, which only served to reveal his restless impatience, he left the house again.
In so few words have I disposed of the twenty-one slow-drifting years that have come and gone since I last looked from the windows of a pilot-house.
The presence of the man was simply loathsome to George; and he felt only an impulse to get away from him, with as few words as possible.
The subject appeared to interest the gentleman deeply; for while Mr. Shelby was thoughtfully peeling an orange, Haley broke out afresh, with becoming diffidence, but as if actually driven by the force of truth to say a few words more.
After exchanging a few words of further arrangement, Haley, with visible reluctance, handed over the fifty dollars to Tom, and the worthy trio separated for the night.
The senator, in a few words, briefly explained Eliza's history.
Sometimes silently, sometimes with a few words to his boys, he had always, on this festival, drank his glass of fine Xeres to the honor and glory of the land he loved.
She looked at the ominous standards, and then the tears sprang to her eyes; she lifted her face and her hands to heaven, and a few words, swifter than light, sprang from her soul into the ear of the Eternal Father of Spirits.
Here he paused a moment, pointed significantly to the woods below, and saying a few words in his own language, as if indicating his intended route, he dropped into the water, and sank from before the eyes of the witnesses of his movements.
Sit ye down, young man, and I will open to you the wounds of a seared heart, in as few words as may be suitable.
I will not therefore stifle a confession which covers me with shame; But permit me to comprise it in as few words as possible.
They paid their compliments to us in few words, and acknowledged Claude, who now entered the room, as an old acquaintance.
Jacintha related her business in as few words as She could manage; But her account was still so prolix that Ambrosio had need of his patience to bear him to the conclusion.
He ascended the Steps, and then turning towards his Followers, addressed to them a few wordsof gratitude, and exhortation.
I will state them in a few words: the utmost confusion reigns throughout, both as to accentuation and punctuation; words are frequently omitted or misspelt, and occasionally a short sentence is left out.
I wish now to say a few words upon a subject, on which I have previously said something.
I am a person of few words, and will therefore state without circumlocution that I am willing to become that agent.
He had not laid out a centime--only scratched a few wordson a sheet of paper.
A few wordsof Renan's may help to support the argument.
These humble pages do not aspire to the dignity of History; but a few words as to what took place are needful for the writer's purposes.
Anyone was invited to write a few words on a slip of paper, and hand it to the man, who walked amongst the spectators.
Fortunately he spoke French like a Frenchman; and, as it presently appeared, a few wordsof English.
Something was written on the flyleaf--just a few words, and they were these: "To the little girl in the attic.
She told it quite simply, and in as few words as possible; but somehow the Indian gentleman found it necessary to shade his eyes with his hand and look down at the carpet.
Now, young ladies, I have a few words to say to you," she announced.
Tis in few words, but spacious in effect: We banish thee for ever.
Say to the King I would attend his leisure For a few words.
In few words: If you'll not here proclaim yourself our King, I'll leave you to your fortune and be gone To keep them back that come to succour you.
As soon as these had done speaking, Agis stood up, and after a few words, told them he would make the best contribution in his power to the new legislation, which was proposed for their advantage.
They taught them, also, to speak with a natural and graceful raillery, and to comprehend much matter of thought in few words.
Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
Those who thought they were honoring me bycondescending to address a few words to me.
The prophet of the sun leaned easily against the mantelpiece and resumed: "In a few words I have put before you the whole case against me--the only possible case against me.
Each of them said a few words which no one ever thought of disbelieving.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "few words" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
