| Brett said brusquely, shutting the passenger side door and hurrying around to open his own. |
| The scorer walked up to him in a tea break and brusquely demanded to know his name. |
| Stanley, a brusquely philistine furniture manufacturer, and Louise, his artily pretentious wife, exist in a state of permanent war. |
| A layman will pile up all instruments he can get and will often use them so brusquely, insensately, without deploying the necessary creative and thinking processes. |
| I grab the letter from her hand, a little more brusquely than necessary. |
| I therefore reply, briefly and brusquely, that I am not interested, and ring off. |
