Part of the success in extracting paraphrase rules had to do with the spare language typical of news briefs.

Compulsive reading, and the spare, dry language concentrates the suspense.

But it is in her novels for young adults that her spare language, sense of place and deceptively simple stories explode most effectively.

"This was a tough race," Jerkens said, using spare language for stout praise, "and she took the step."

The pulps were usually written in spare language, sometimes without narrative coherence or character development.

It fell to the Supreme Court to give life and force to the statute's spare language.

Written in spare language, "A slumber did my spirit seal" consists of two stanzas, each four lines long.

Most amendments followed the spare language of Amendment 17 in Colorado.

What makes "Ruins and Visions" distinctive is its spare gestural language.

Their stories deploy spare language and often stick close to domestic moments, but somehow they feel maximalist.