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brusquely

[bruhsk-lee] / ˈbrʌsk li /


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The doctor brusquely informed Petrou that she’d be totally blind by the time she was 25.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The first time it happened, the day care received an anonymous call from a woman brusquely asking them to open the door.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026

The brusquely controlled way Kim’s Emmy speaks to Nora hints at the ocean of unresolved feelings between them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

She brusquely replied that a particular leopard routinely came by a path in the hills, passed her house and went “that way.”

From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2023

Mormont pawed through them brusquely, giving each no more than a glance and a grunt.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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