curt
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A curt “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reunion featuring David Boreanaz and Sarah Michelle Gellar failed to mention recently lost castmates Anthony Head, Nicholas Brendon and Michelle Trachtenberg by name.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Wall Street is still getting familiar with Warsh’s curt style and dislike of providing forward guidance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Calocane was described at this review as "guarded, curt, fixed staring and having a hostile edge to him".
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
A few unnecessarily curt speech interruptions threatened the calm, but mainly, this was a smoothly run machine of a show, devoid of mishaps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
The ink would not flow properly, and all his words seemed curt and crude and clumsy, yet he persisted.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Karim gave a curt reply in Russian, which the soldier returned with an even curter retort.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
"See here, Mr. Jarnock," I said, perhaps rather curter than I should have done, considering what I had to say.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
And he became curter and curter, as he noticed the new deference which even Clara practised towards him.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
The woman’s voice was curter, and the uninviting muzzle of a bull-terrier was thrust out between the door and the woman’s skirts.
From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
"I have never had that thought, Boris Alexandrovitch," replied the other in a tone curter still.
From The Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux
Luis Enrique thought for a couple of seconds, looked straight back at the questioner, and gave the curtest of replies.
From Fox News ● Jul. 5, 2021
He came from behind a sea of maps to grant the curtest interview I have ever had.
From Time Magazine Archive
The curtest historical sweep from then to now, shows how far the world has come.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix
The elevator man made her the curtest of inclinations, and proceeded to arrange matters with a rapidity which almost took her breath away.
From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cyrus Cuneo
Men ceased speaking to him, or greeted him with the curtest of nods.
From The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White
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