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How to use curtly in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word curtly? Here are some examples.

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I replied, somewhat curtly, stopping sipping to accentuate my heartfelt disappointment.
Finally, with help from his press handlers, the First Minister escaped, waving curtly to his pursuer as the doors closed.
Most accept Westerners though at peak times they're inclined to shoo you away curtly.
When he wanted to instigate a debate at the first session of the town council following the murder, his request was curtly rejected curtly.
Ed laughed modestly, waved curtly, turned and exited towards a small blue door under the adjacent stands.
A notice from Verizon underneath the eviction threats curtly informed her that it had been that way for at least a year.
He waits until you speak to him, so that he can respond as curtly and bluntly as possible.
He also curtly warned the Prime Minister not to look to another relaunch for the party.
This version curtly peels off the romantic excesses of the past and puts it firmly in the classic camp.
Tarynn replied curtly, knowing full well that his companion would pick up the topic again until he did do something.
I was shown into one of these and curtly introduced to the masseur, a man lavishly oiling his hands over a masseur's bench.
She nodded curtly in response, then turned back to where she was seated, gazing at the ocean.
King Thomas looked out at the resentful nobles, nodded once curtly, and strode out without another word.
He replied curtly as we questioned him on his current drinking habits.
She arrived at her aimed destination and knocked curtly at the door.
After waiting just long enough to make him nervous, she nodded curtly.
When one pushes on the pedal, the arm of lever raises the blade and when this one arrives at the point of unhooking, the weapon opens curtly.
She nodded curtly at his comment but it did not penetrate her mind.
In a note, the author curtly protests against the deletion made in the name of moral and accepts no liability of such a fragmented work.
Sara, sensing the urgency in Kit's voice and movements nodded curtly and then left the tent, barking order to those just standing around as she did so.
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When the security guard responded to the summons, he gestured curtly with his head at the newcomer.
She managed that easily enough, for she was becoming too great a drawing card for managers to curtly override her wishes.
In the quadrangle he nodded curtly to Colonel Grant, who would have detained him.
Then she heard Charlot's voice curtly bidding Guyot to reconduct the Marquise to her carriage.
Bors told him curtly as much as he knew, all that he'd been told on Deccan.
I said curtly, divining that the moment was one in which to adopt a tone with him.
He stood before Newman a moment, breathing quickly and softly, and shaking his forefinger curtly as his host pointed to a chair.
He bowed curtly, spun on his heel, and clacked from the room.
And they sought kind words to say to her, but she curtly stopped them.
We can imagine his feelings when Grenville curtly declined to receive it.
Thus they applied very curtly to the salutations, healths, and jokes of their companions.
She bowed curtly to Grace and Emma as her car whizzed by them.
But Libby had another idea in her mind and curtly dismissed him.
He asked how long the holiday was for, and they replied curtly that it was for an unlimited period, as Mlle.
When the father leads his son, thus prepared, to the parish church for inclusion among the altar boys, the sacristan in charge of the servers curtly dismisses them.
Having curtly pronounced these words, Captain Nemo bowed slightly.
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