"Let's hope it's worth my time," the other man answered brusquely.

But on the larger issues - the refugees and the long freeze between the two countries - he answered brusquely.

"Sure," he answered brusquely as he pushed past me into the room.

Gregorio answered brusquely that the Jew should not touch the boy.

"I grabbed a bite at the office," Vincent answered brusquely.

"I don't know what's going on," he answered brusquely, his eyes scanning the heavy snow falling around them.

I found it impossible to answer brusquely as I had intended.

"Make that twenty minutes," he answered brusquely and hung up.

"It was fine," Ellie answered brusquely, arranging the defense table to her satisfaction.

Asked whether his decision bordered on the harsh, Simpson answered brusquely.