brusquely

Example Sentences

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He’s best known for his BAFTA-awarded 2019 feature “Bait,” a masterful, odd, brusquely stylish drama about economic and family tensions in a present-day Cornish fishing village, old ways deployed to dramatize a modern reality.

From Los Angeles Times

Praise or celebration of any achievement is brusquely deflected or simply ignored by Popovich.

From Seattle Times

After about 7 minutes, he brusquely said, “I’m done.”

From Seattle Times

It’s only gradually apparent that this sharp-elbowed satire is also a brusquely tender portrait of enduring love.

From Washington Post

It was in some ways a rematch between Mr. Blinken and Mr. Wang, who was part of a top Chinese delegation that brusquely lectured the United States at a meeting in Alaska two months ago.

From New York Times