brusque
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While brusque and self-sufficient, Tereza starts the film as the head-down, dutiful sort.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 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
Dan leads the Seder in such a brusque way that his wife reflects, “on this night my husband is a control freak. That’s how he celebrates freedom from slavery.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
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
Stannis reined up long enough to bark a brusque dismissal to Lord Florent and the others, commanding them to attend him in his pavilion one hour hence for a council of war.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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