brusquely

Example Sentences

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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

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

Mann might have responded brusquely to Westbrook’s arrival as an instant starter in February.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023

“You’d best be along to Miss Maggie’s,” he said brusquely as I hurried to keep up with him.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk