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
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
The next day he was as short-spoken as Bat Truxton had been the day before Hapgood had tempted him, as irritable.
From Under Handicap A Novel by Gregory, Jackson
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
David, naturally prone to a healthy serenity, and although satisfied with the progress of the work, grew unnaturally gruff and short-spoken.
From Lost Farm Camp by Knibbs, Harry Herbert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
