brusque
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Her brother, John, who runs the family scrapyard, is equally brusque.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Tudor's brusque, plain speaking style got no more out of the Spurs squad than Frank's more empathetic approach.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, who ran against her for mayor as an old-school progressive, said she could be uncompromising and brusque in policy deliberations.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024
Whenever “Martha” captures these moments of introspection we see its eponymous figure exposed for what she is – ambitious and demanding, forward-thinking and innovative, brusque and task-obsessed.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024
We’ve all been to the doctor, we know about the brusque humiliations involved.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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