General idea

Usage examples of gist.

I wondered if even Amrita could have followed the gist of the high-speed Bengali.

May, 2002, giving the gist of the above and also commenting that it was all a result of baseless hysteria, and there had never been a shred of evidence that insulating buildings with asbestos was harmful to health.

The gist is, the division of rich and poor here in Cyre is an enormous gap, more of a chasm, with less and less middle class all the time.

The gist of the strategy was that he wanted his wife, and was deuced tired of waiting.

One bit of malachite, looks to be solid, and mayhap Gister will pay a copper for it.

He had no doubt that he and Isloman could deal with Gister and the other four but, if the crowd sided with their own kind, as well they might, then the two of them would probably be overpowered or injured.

For a moment the two men locked gazes and, although it was Gister who turned away first, Hawklan noticed that the old man was uncomfortable in his authority.

He felt again that Gister drew his confidence and power from others, presumably outside the village.

Rede had moved away and was contending with a now recovered Gister, who was hovering at his shoulder.

He presumed that the Pentadrol was some form of village forum whose effectiveness Gister had somehow contrived to undermine.

The gist of it is that Osmond was the fellow who knocked Lady Rosnay down, that he stole her tiara, and that he did Luttrell in because Luttrell knew too much, accused him or was standing in with him or tried to blackmail him - pay your money and take your choice.

Those were the words and the gist of the letter King Sephens IV had signed and sealed himself.

Miss Spiers from the end house, I did not have to think deeply to imagine the gist of their conversation.

Struck to decoct the gist out of and then recast in rather less uptown and more basic studential prose.

Pieces of his remarks drifted to Webb as he helped Ruth out of the buggy, enough for him to get the gist of it.