An abrupt discourteous manner.
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Examples for "abruptness "
Examples for "abruptness "
1 The query came with such grave abruptness that Heald hesitated in reply.
2 He smiled at the abruptness with which the President of the C.L.S.
3 The rector was almost taken aback by the abruptness of the request.
4 The general instantly regretted that he had spoken with such cruel abruptness .
5 The weather had changed with the usual abruptness of our capricious climate.
1 One thing particularly conspicuous in this crowd was the shortness of stature.
2 The shortness of the prayers impresses me as something novel and interesting.
3 The upper lip was of a Grecian shortness and the corners descending.
4 That allusion to the shortness of the time brought Ruth an inspiration.
5 The shortness of the day excuses no man from greatness of endeavour.
1 A new prosecutor, Jett was cloaking a case of nerves with brusqueness .
2 To natural brusqueness is added an evident disinclination to discuss the business.
3 She thought she understood both the change of decision and the brusqueness .
4 He's a can-do character whose brusqueness can blind people to his cleverness.
5 The Scarecrow interrupted with a brusqueness that might have been meant kindly.
1 The very curtness and coldness of the announcement testified to its exactitude.
2 The brevity of its contents vied with the curtness of its bearer.
3 Amanda Lofland's curtness was in keeping with the anger emanating from her.
4 Even the servant spoke with a curtness that could not be mistaken.
5 To prove this he wilfully exaggerated his gruffness and curtness of manner.
1 His gruffness and brevity disturbed me more than I cared to confess.
2 To prove this he wilfully exaggerated his gruffness and curtness of manner.
3 So tell me again, I said, attempting to simulate Dad's gruffness .
4 He began to show a gruffness that she'd never seen in Sir Borenson.
5 The almost passionate tenderness and humanity which lay beneath his gruffness was undimmed.
6 The warder rose to his feet and resumed his official gruffness .
7 A Northumberland Fusilier exploded into words which expressed the gruffness of his comrades.
8 The rough harbor-master changed his gruffness to smiles in an instant.
9 She attributed his sudden gruffness to a distaste for hearing his exploits lauded.
10 And Monnica, utterly confused by such praise, answered with affectionate gruffness :
11 Robert is adrift, his gruffness a self-conscious front for frustration and zero self-esteem.
12 Their deportment was quiet and altogether unexceptionable,-norudeness, no gruffness , nothing of menace.
13 But Major Monkey did not let Mr. Crow's gruffness trouble him.
14 He did not suspect that the unconscious gruffness of his tone had repulsed her.
15 Miss Howard blinked, and a new note crept into the gruffness of her voice.
16 He was sorry for his gruffness , and took her hands:
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