sparseness

IPA: spˈɑrsnʌs

Examples of "sparseness" in Sentences

Ever since Böll, I miss reading such wry sparseness in a novel.
This space takes natural light and mutes it with cool colors, smooth edges and studied sparseness.
Her short stories have the sparseness and impact of Raymond Carver or Haruki Murakami; simple words forming neat sentences that pack a great emotional punch.
It was about five years ago, but the book really stuck in my mind: the brutal murder of a young soldier; the sparseness of the prose; the violent, vivid heat.
The more color-saturated imagery is more pretty than gritty, the violence more spectacular, the sparseness of the original dialogue exaggerated beyond dry into stiff.
To make the numbers easier to deal with (i.e. 1) I inverted the definition so L-density becomes the ratio of the number of characters to the number of Ls. (Technically, I suppose it should be called L-sparseness, but that sounds ugly.)
Sharon's bass and breathily intoned vocals are often the crux of a song, and sparseness and restraint always the watchwords, with even guest Johnny Marr reining himself in so his guitar sinuously entwines with the bass and synth lines on Can't Put it Down Until it Ends.