brusqueness
Example Sentences
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His brusqueness was deliberate, a way “of presenting himself and covering up his actual feelings.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Cárdenas and Padilla had tolerated Martinez’s brusqueness because she was one of them, even as underlings warned that she would eventually embarrass the group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Leigh, another of Seattle’s great actors, is a more distant presence here, with an aloof brusqueness that could be an 18-year-old’s lashing out or a 40-something’s entrenched protective mechanism.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
Adjepong and Patrice Johnson Chevannes deftly combine brusqueness and gentleness as N’s helpless parents, who apply scraps of the lore and philosophy of their Nigerian culture in dealing with their bereaved and unresponsive daughter.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2018
There lay nothing in between; they did not say as much, but their brusqueness implied it.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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