She had regressed to the one-word reply.

The one-word reply to Keikano's query was a reluctant "had"; evidently it was acceptable to say yes.

He dodged, answering with one-word replies until Ms. Gross changed the subject.

To Blade's trained ear, that short one-word reply was almost a shouted "Yes."

Tristan had finally given up after Marissa persisted in meeting his every question with only one-word replies.

I began my inconsequential chatter, and I received one-word replies.

In due course, he sent off a 55-page response to which he received a one-word reply: "Unsatisfactory."

The Canadiens forward, recovering from a fractured larynx, wrote on a pad, underlining his one-word reply.

How many of those one-word replies get sent from a smartphone?