curt

Example Sentences

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"Immediately, it was as if we were wasting this doctor's time and he was quite curt with Meg," Helen said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

A few unnecessarily curt speech interruptions threatened the calm, but mainly, this was a smoothly run machine of a show, devoid of mishaps.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

If time doesn’t allow for this, Fitzgerald says, it is often considered better to slip away than to appear rushed or insincere in a curt goodbye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

This has been the case since the dawn of mobile devices and algorithmic personalization, but forced separations may have turned curt, unexplained goodbyes into a perceived relationship norm.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

I didn’t know what had embold­ened me to be so curt, maybe the fact that I thought I was going to die anyway.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini