And then pain and more pain and the room full of buzzing voices and Aunt Pittypat's sobs and Dr. Meade's brusque orders and feet that hurried on the stairs and tiptoes in the upper hall.
" Don't know a word. I'm very stupid about studying anything, can't bear French, it's such a slippery, silly sort of language, " was the brusque reply.
Any mention of her 'works' always had a bad effect upon Jo, who either grew rigid and looked offended, or changed the subject with a brusque remark, as now.
As Tom Hewitson says " We will develop our own kind of vernacular for speaking with machines that will be subtly different from how we speak to other people… It can be much more brusque and to the point" .
Nathan was busy with Mr. Gopnik. Ilaria might freak out or, worse, would insist on stopping by all the time and smothering Margot with her own brand of brusque care and reheated pork casseroles.
Although Maria seems brusque when you first meet her, she's really just shy with people she doesn't know well. After you talk with her awhile, she becomes more relaxed and friendly.
The world's chancelleries had been initially appalled by the mercurial and crotchety frontier president, and Van Buren - cordial, discreet, and immaculate - buffered them from Jackson's brusque manner.