brusque

Example Sentences

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Every rendezvous he manages is different: A brusque businessman wants to see his mother, ostensibly because an important document is missing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Organizers forbade several of their key moves as their brusque victories weren’t telegenic.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

Furious customers have even turned to Yelp, typically where you go to gripe about a soggy taco or brusque waiter, to lash out at the airline, which currently sits at 1.4 stars out of 5.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2024

Capello's fierce, brusque style and the rigid repetition of Hodgson’s methods were out.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

Any mention of her ‘works’ always had a bad effect upon Jo, who either grew rigid and looked offended, or changed the subject with a brusque remark, as now.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott