| It featured more pithy screeds than analytical articles, and even the longest essays rarely went on for more than three or four paragraphs. |
| But just as often, the movie is droll, filled with pithy, hardboiled comebacks. |
| When the trees bloom in March or April, the Walkers try to remove any remaining old, pithy fruit. |
| But Porter does not shy away from the pithy language of the street, when it seems called for. |
| The clarity of ideas and the interlacing of pithy quotes make this a readable, thought-provoking book. |
| She lets one pithy epigram after the next fall flat, sadly clouding the brilliance of this real gem of a play. |
