brusque

• “I suppose there would be no objection to the match if they do care for each other,' said Mrs. Wrottesley, in a manner that was often called brusque and had served to make her unpopular.”

  Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir

• “His abord and behaviour answered extremely well the idea M. d'Arblay had given us of him, who in the word brusque rather meant unpolished in manners than harsh in character.”

  The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3

• “He ischaracterized as brusque, taciturn, and often short-tempered demeanor.”

  Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevensen and Tadanobu Asano Join Marvel’s Thor

• “Service at Pfaffen could be charitably called brusque, and our waiter at zur Malzmühle was certainly cool.”

  The Wall Street Journal: In Search of Kölsch in Cologne

• “Hard liquor is on the drink menu but the brusque is the draw, with nearly 30 brews poured.”

  CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports

• “Britain - another would recall brusque, high-handed rudeness.”

  The Guardian World News

• “Mike's a she, the sixty-something widow of a military officer, Jewish, kind of brusque, but I like her.”

  Fictionaut: Garden Goddess for Hire

• “Clooney criticizes Pope Benedict XVI for being too "brusque" about Islam, to borrow the term the Pope used for the words of the Byzantine emperor he quoted.”

  You can always count on the Jesuits

• “Very fast, or "brusque," foreign-exchange movements can be unwelcome, Mr. Bini Smaghi said.”

  The Wall Street Journal: ECB Has Interest in Strong Euro

• “There is a kind of brusque humor in his address, a downright heartiness, which reminds one of western character.”

  Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1

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