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How To Use compendious In A Sentence

• We are of opinion that, with reference to such a measure as the one now suggested [giving information to persons at a distance as to the existence of works in the library], and to other measures and regulations generally affecting the use of the library, it is desirable to prepare and publish a compendious _Guide to the reading-room_, as described and _suggested_ by lord Seymour at Q. 9521. Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.
• His compendious book ranges from dry speculation on geology to exquisite description of flora, spangled with remarkably apt epigrams.
• My professor referred me to the book Compendious System of Astronomy.
• At the end, a compendious sum - up and an expectation were brought out.
• As a bonus question - why has the story vanished from the Guardian's compendious website?
• 'Magnum Contact Sheets' Thames & Hudson, 508 pages, $150 , a compendious record of these deliberations spanning nine decades, attests to the decisions and revisions that produce definitive images. Photo-Op: Miles and Miles and Miles
• These amounted to a compendious accounting for the possessions of most if not all squatters on the entire length of territory stretching east of Melbourne and from the Murray to Bass Strait, and all three parties to the Loughnan affair were listed, viz.No. 24. Archive 2009-05-01
• Housing land supply was exhaustively examined by the local plan inquiry Inspector, who had compendious, borough-wide evidence before him, including information on all potential housing sites.
• & more compendious, and easier to beare away and be retained in memorie, then that which is contained in multitude of words and full of tedious ambage and long periods. The Arte of English Poesie
• Folklore and legends were retold by the bards, who used devices such as alliteration and rhyme, as well as a compendious store of stock phrases, to aid memorisation and recall, allowing them to instantly ‘compose’ a poem for any occasion.