curt
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"Immediately, it was as if we were wasting this doctor's time and he was quite curt with Meg," Helen said.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 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
Chalamet’s words were curt, but his opinion was only further muddled by the clip being spread out of context.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
The intelligence chief’s curt, deadpan delivery has helped popularize the work of the military intelligence agency, known as HUR, with the public using Budanov’s interviews for widely circulated memes on social media mocking Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
“Sorry to be curt, but this conversation is over. I only wanted to see who you were and what you knew.”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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