brusquely
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The doctor brusquely informed Petrou that she’d be totally blind by the time she was 25.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
The first time it happened, the day care received an anonymous call from a woman brusquely asking them to open the door.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026
The brusquely controlled way Kim’s Emmy speaks to Nora hints at the ocean of unresolved feelings between them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
She brusquely replied that a particular leopard routinely came by a path in the hills, passed her house and went “that way.”
From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2023
"Xaro has vast wealth, and Pyat Pree—" "—pretends to power," the knight said brusquely.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing brusquely
Of Mice and Men
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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