We would rather have a smiling, shape-shifting Democrat we don't trust than a frowning, laconic Republican we trust more. — Maureen Dowd , New York Times ,

The closest anyone comes to announcing his destination is a laconic "Guess I'll head on in." — Richard Rhodes , The Inland Ground ,

… towards the father— laconic , authoritarian, remote, an immigrant who'd trained in Galicia to be a rabbi but worked in America in a hat factory—their feelings were more confused. — Philip Roth , Granta 24 ,

He had a reputation for being laconic.

the sportscaster's color commentary tends to be laconic but very much to the point