curt
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Wall Street is still getting familiar with Warsh’s curt style and dislike of providing forward guidance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Djokovic can be curt, but more often he’s contemplative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
"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
He gives me a curt nod and bows fluidly to Katherine.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
Karim gave a curt reply in Russian, which the soldier returned with an even curter retort.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
"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
Saxham's patients found him even curter and more brusque in manner than usual that evening, and the article for the Scientific Review made little way.
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan
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
He stood up, and made another bow, much curter than his former one.
From The Ivory Trail by Talbot Mundy
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
To all but the Agent Seth vouchsafed the curtest of replies, and to him he made only a slight concession.
From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Ridgwell Cullum
"We have finished our business—and Mr. Lathrop I am sure will excuse me—I must get some letters off by post—" And with the curtest of bows she disappeared.
From Delia Blanchflower by Mrs. Humphry Ward
I made some obligatory enquiries, in my capacity of host, but my unwelcome guest gave me only the curtest of replies.
From In Jeopardy by Van Tassel Sutphen
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