Example Sentences

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"I'll do my duty till then," Baird said bruskly.

From Nobody's Child by Dejeans, Elizabeth

"A month—Oh, I dunno—" "What about a month?" she insisted, gesturing bruskly.

From The Last Straw by Titus, Harold

"Open your first scene," commanded the professor, bruskly.

From The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in by Hill, Grace Brooks

He received me rather bruskly, but having read the general's introductory letter he changed his manner and addressed me courteously.

From How The Redoubt Was Taken 1896 by Mérimée, Prosper

He said bruskly that the growth of Americanization must come from Americans.

From Eve to the Rescue by Summers, Dudley Gloyne