short-spoken
Example Sentences
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Hard-boiled and short-spoken, he was not overpopular with U.S. citizens in Shanghai, where he was consul general�but he got things done.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was little frolic left in them when night came; they were short-spoken, prone to grow fierce over trifles.
From The Desert Valley by Gregory, Jackson
I was trying to move the sofa at the moment and I was inclined to be short-spoken.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920 by Various
Into the stunned silence that followed this outburst from short-spoken, reticent Olive, there came a new voice; such a sweet, lovely voice with a tender ring that made every one start to welcome the speaker.
From Six Girls A Home Story by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
His flaming wrath burst out at a blundering mistake or at a man's failure to follow to the last letter some short-spoken instructions.
From Under Handicap A Novel by Gregory, Jackson
