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brusque
1. ” The artificial smile she presented wore thinner with each passing moment and bit of brusque commentary by Mercer
2. It was brusque and dark
3. “Cooper here,” was the brusque reply
4. The senior officer, whose blue collar tabs and hat band marked him as NKVD, was brusque to the point of rudeness when he asked in accented Polish to see Colling’s identification
5. ” After that he just left in his normal, brusque style
6. Not at all pleased by the brusque command from this chit, the secretary pursed her lips and—without speaking—rose in her dignity to enter the inner sanctum, closing the door behind her
7. porch, where his large cage hung from the wall, would be confronted with a brusque, ‘Who
8. After an interminable muzak-filled wait I was connected to a brusque voice informing me I would be required to sign a couple of forms in connection with my inheritance within the next few days, but meanwhile it would be permissible to use the goods in question
9. One of the brusque JCOs Karamveer Singh, was the
10. He desired to direct the matter of disposing of Jesus; he feared to trust such an important undertaking wholly to his brusque and aggressive son-in-law
11. “It would be ironic,” Alex said with a brusque laugh, breaking
12. the sides, and a brusque style that countered a smiling countenance
13. brusque and profane monk – but, solitary, very private
14. In the front seat, Mr Paton, the brusque, balding, forty-something head of P
15. Over!' Voltor did his best to appear brusque and determined, and the attempt came out pretty well, he thought
16. You are thoroughly candid without being brusque; on the contrary, you are soft, open, and approachable
17. ” Worried that his voice was a little brusque he quickly went on,
18. Even with the door closed, Greg could still plainly hear Cook’s brusque voice
19. Having had little sleep, he was likewise a bit brusque
20. “Excuse me,” she said, the irritation in her voice and brusque manner reflecting her dislike of the man
21. he gave them a brusque, "No comment
22. His voice had become brusque as he took her hand again
23. „Fug em,' he spat in a brusque
24. is a brusque shouting out of certain sounds
25. I'm very stupid about studying anything, can't bear French, it's such a slippery, silly sort of language," was the brusque reply
26. His manner was brusque, but he had a reputation for sticking up for the poor
27. “This prince,” a brusque voice said before the captain could answer
28. ” With a brusque nod to me, the governor headed for the doorway
29. She dropped her head; then, with a brusque movement, she
30. He was conscious that he was brusque, and that Marius was cold
31. Still, at about that moment, a brusque report burst forth in the direction of the Halles, a second yet more violent followed; it was probably that attack on the barricade in the Rue de la Chanvrerie which we have just seen repulsed by Marius
32. “Ah! By my word! there is something singular about you,” said he: “you have the air of a little nonnette; quaint, quiet, grave, and simple, as you sit with your hands before you, and your eyes generally bent on the carpet (except, by-the-bye, when they are directed piercingly to my face; as just now, for instance); and when one asks you a question, or makes a remark to which you are obliged to reply, you rap out a round rejoinder, which, if not blunt, is at least brusque
33. Move on there," said a loud brusque voice
34. Here was the short, quick hammering of the calkers and the rasp of iron on wood, and brusque commands built up to roars by the speaking trumpets
35. The tent-flap jerked open and the doctor entered, his quick, brusque movements at variance with the sad, doglike eyes
36. The kind and honourable Operoff I knew already, and now the brusque, but exceptionally clever, Zuchin (who evidently took the lead in this circle) began to please me greatly
