brusk

ADJECTIVE
  1. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
    try to cultivate a less brusque manner
    a curt reply
    the salesgirl was very short with him
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How To Use brusk In A Sentence

  • Parker, who suffered a mild concussion, was monitored overnight by Dodgers officials and by his roommate, pitcher Jim Bruske.
  • So it's a near certainty that Obama's campaign is having far more course and brusk discussions on this topic than we are. Poll: Obama More Electable Than Hillary AND Edwards
  • Here was no streak of fat, no apathy, only a lazy, good-natured play of gloves and tricks, with a brusk stiffness and harsh sharpness in the contacts that he knew belonged only to the trained and instinctive fighting man. Chapter II
  • They are often brusk to the point of rudeness, intolerant of mediocrity, and direct in manner. John F. Ince: Where Are the Investors Who Will Back the Googles of Tomorrow?
  • I apologize if I came off brusk, but I was really dissapointed in how many replies to the troll there were on this thread – do you realize that in the 138 comments tonight, over 40 were responding to trolls? and do you know how many troll posts you had? Think Progress » VIDEO: Reid Closes Down the Senate
  • As dynamic as New York but smaller, and without the brusk hustle. I wonder sometimes about the outcome of a still-verdictless life
  • This place (I know different location/different people, blah blah blah) does in fact seem to treat some customers in a rude/brusk way Olympic Pita Wins Me Over With Laffa & French Fries | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
  • Parker, who suffered a mild concussion, was monitored overnight by Dodgers officials and by his roommate, pitcher Jim Bruske.
  • I know Scalia is brusk and rude in court both to his fellow justices and to the attorneys arguing, but has he ever made similar statements before. Think Progress » ThinkFast: November 30, 2006
  • Still, I don't think it was Homarnoch's brusk surgeonly caress that aroused me. Enjoyment
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