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Example sentences for "brusk"

Lexicographically close words:
brushes; brushing; brushwood; brushwork; brushy; bruskly; brusque; brusquely; brusqueness; brutal
  1. They've taken a fall out of us," was the brusk reply.

  2. I begin to believe that it is I who am brusk and unmannerly, not she.

  3. You cannot deny her brusk manners, and her sharp, ungoverned tongue, Mr. Langton.

  4. He did not seem to object to her brusk manners; he joked with her, and he patiently bore with her spitfire ways, for Valentina was a type of the artisan in Sarrio whose want of culture seemed merely an additional charm.

  5. That is very sudden," said Gonzalo, smiling to conceal his vexation at her brusk refusal.

  6. He cannot get used to the plain, brusk American type without embroidery, who just does things in his blunt, efficient way without wasting time on little exterior courtesies.

  7. As to manner, it is well to insist a little, in these days of brusk camaraderie between the sexes, on the fact that courtesy has many charming opportunities of exhibition in the conversation between men and women.

  8. There are certain business men who, during business hours, meet one with a brusk manner that would not be pardoned in a petty tradesman.

  9. Take this chair, Uncle Rod," said the boy in a voice of brusk indifference.

  10. There were no endearments or caresses, naturally, but her brusk nods of greeting and farewell seemed to have real good feeling behind them.

  11. Not much chance for the child," said the brusk doctor.

  12. Bad news for you, Janice," said the red-faced doctor, in his brusk way.

  13. Brusk revolution in the conditions of life or thought produces not sudden, but gradual changes in society.

  14. I had known the president slightly for several years, and he received me with brusk kindness as I stated my errand and exhibited my credentials.

  15. Look after the other fellow," was his brusk command.

  16. At his brusk "Come in," I entered, and found him seated behind his wide desk busily running over a bundle of papers.

  17. His brusk manner often gets him into trouble.

  18. We shall settle those points at Delgratz," declared the brusk Stampoff.


  19. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brusk" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.