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.
  • Knoxville sums up the new film’s ethos in one pithy and very true line.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2022
  • This ale – made with lemon and orange zest – is not pithy at all on the palate.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Marks’s pithy analysis of how the world works looms large here.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Roots turn tough, pithy, and inedible.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Yet this is more than a pithy maxim, it’s grounded in science.
    — Margie Warrell, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • More often than not, two to three pithy paragraphs will suffice.
    — Nancy Marshall, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The great man deserves something far more pithy and trenchant.
    — David Benedict, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The videos are pithy, and built for social sharing across all platforms.
    — Sara Fischer, Axios, 20 May 2025
  • Thinly slice half of the lemon into rounds (discard the thick pithy end).
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2021
  • So here, a pithy primer for anyone considering a part-time home away from home.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The pithy tweets from its Twitter account made highlight reels.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Oh, and there’s also Dudley, who’s clearly good for a pithy quote.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 6 July 2019
  • Here are some pithy Bolton-isms that are clear-eyed and have the advantage of being right.
    — Author: Cal Thomas | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Hundreds—nay, thousands—of people came to their defense with pithy tweet replies and quotes with zingers.
    — Keah Brown, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 June 2018
  • Vaclav Smil put this point in his usual pithy way in the form of a commandment.
    — Jemma Green, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • The wine is pithy and textured, with distinct tannins and a bitter edge on the finish.
    — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Then Maggie would wander in and say something pithy and then wander out.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 10 Sep. 2018
  • Many native solitary bees use the hollow or pithy plant stems for shelter and nesting.
    — Benjamin Vogt, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Not in the language of the internet, where the sharpest barb or the pithiest insult wins the day.
    — John Archibald | [email protected], al, 25 Aug. 2019
  • In early August, Bernie Sanders came on for a pithy hour-long episode.
    — Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2019
  • And this could be the rare occasion when the Tick can't glean a pithy moral from the adventure.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The Clientele is a guitar-bass-drums trio known for its pretty, pithy chamber-pop songs.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • There are pithy little hints in the captions of the first slide, and the answers are on the second slide of each entry.
    — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Any pithy comment could be turned into a rallying cry or rocket fuel.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Any pithy comment could be turned into a rallying cry or rocket fuel.
    — Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The script is full of pithy sayings that suggest the sorts of struggles these resilient settlers endure.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 5 June 2018
  • No reminder is needed that the same pithy verb covers the operation of a camera and a firearm.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Chad Brown, the trainer of Zandon, was pithy in his reaction.
    — John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022

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