brusqueness

Example Sentences

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The choice reflected Hern’s personality: direct, often to the point of brusqueness, especially when it came to the things he cared about most.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2022

Leigh, another of Seattle’s great actors, is a more distant presence here, with an aloof brusqueness that could be an 18-year-old’s lashing out or a 40-something’s entrenched protective mechanism.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2021

Wayne Federman, stand-up and professor at the University of South California, says the shift is just a natural part of comedy's evolution, and the deviation away from brusqueness isn't so new.

From BBC • May 30, 2019

Adjepong and Patrice Johnson Chevannes deftly combine brusqueness and gentleness as N’s helpless parents, who apply scraps of the lore and philosophy of their Nigerian culture in dealing with their bereaved and unresponsive daughter.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2018

He was slight, smooth-skinned, shy-mannered, and wore the gold chain of a Foreteller, one of the Celibates, “I’m a friend of one who befriended you,” he said, with the brusqueness of the timid.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin