Marked by rude or peremptory shortness.
1 A brusque order from Ali Bey brought the work to a stop.
2 The Daily Mail's response to a similar request was almost as brusque .
3 Something she saw in them excused the brusque command of his tone.
4 However, she didn't shy from mentioning that he could be brusque too.
5 Julia recognised this and recognised also the kindness of the brusque suggestion.
6 There was a brusque rejoinder, and the man handed in a note.
7 Daylight Finn is efficient and brusque , good for fishing, fucking, and-apparently-washingdishes
8 At dinner that evening the child found her company dull and brusque .
9 Bergstein left with a brusque good-night and walked slowly up the road.
10 He was excited and resentful over his brusque treatment by the clerk.
11 I suppose the affair must be brusque , or it will not do.
12 A brusque question caused him to stutter to the point of suffocation.
13 If she was offended by his brusque manner, then so be it.
14 The doctor was mystified and impressed by the brusque bitterness of Lieut.
15 His voice had become brusque , the politeness had gone from his address.
16 She was brusque , unsmiling, as she told him to don sterile gloves.
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