Her voice was so laden with sadness that even one-word responses took considerable effort.

He tries to converse in Spanish with the father, who gives one-word responses.

Her one-word response was an echo of another meeting in a ballroom months before.

Instead, we ask you, are you willing to listen and learn why a one-word response is impossible?

Was there just a trace of bitterness in that one-word response?

"Books" was the one-word response to a question on what detracted most from the course.

The noise cut off, and Theo's one-word response confirmed that it was indeed him on the other end of the line.

Brown stood up before the House and gave a one-word response of "Yes".

Before long, one-word responses started coming in by telephone and telegraph.

Next to the request for the best advice he had ever received was a one-word response: "Duck!"