brusquely
Example Sentences
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He gave her a pointed look, she says, and addressed her brusquely in Swahili: “You’re a Gen Z—come here.”
Miller delivered the news brusquely, citing Islas’ lack of confidence, his teenage acne and his Latino heritage in a “businesslike tone.”
From Los Angeles Times
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
Mann might have responded brusquely to Westbrook’s arrival as an instant starter in February.
From Los Angeles Times
He’s best known for his BAFTA-awarded 2019 feature “Bait,” a masterful, odd, brusquely stylish drama about economic and family tensions in a present-day Cornish fishing village, old ways deployed to dramatize a modern reality.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
