well-chosen
chosen with care, as for suitability or preciseness: He entered at a well-chosen moment.
Origin of well-chosen
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How to use well-chosen in a sentence
In 175 well-chosen words, he sums up the trials and the grit and bravery of the civil rights movement.
Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech Is an Often Ignored Masterpiece | Malcolm Jones | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the record, Earl himself, a man of few words and those always well chosen, never claimed to be the inventor of anything.
Earl Scruggs, Dead at 88, Pioneered a Banjo Style Imitated but Never Equaled | Malcolm Jones | March 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd then keep at it—three appearances a week in places well chosen for the leverage gained from being there.
A dedication is arguably the most personal part of a story, usually a few well-chosen words of praise for a parent or partner.
Do you admire, like me, the elastic usage of these fine words, well chosen to cloak our ignorance of everything?
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
Paragraphs, sentences, and words are well chosen when they serve best the whole composition.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterHis words are well chosen; they are fit in with cultivated exactitude and polished precision.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusHis voice was rich, his words well chosen, and he was singularly happy in sarcasm.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntI can tell you the gist of them both in a few well-chosen phrases!
Jane Journeys On | Ruth Comfort Mitchell
British Dictionary definitions for well-chosen
(well chosen when postpositive) carefully selected to produce a desired effect; apt: a few well-chosen words may be more effective than a long speech
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