I know a short word that would fit it better.

And it only took him a few short words to destroy her life.

Another one we can do is long and short words.

While we're at it: short words are better than long ones.

However on short words, the difference in processing times was not so great.

A short word can be difficult if it is not used very often by most people.

After a few short words of farewell, they were gone.

But she had to know, of course, and Julian told her in a few short words.

In a few short words, he was going to destroy this woman's whole world.

God knows I'd asked him to use short words but this was getting basic.