But Miss Lee read in the brusqueness a strong feeling of sorrow for the child. |
He was a man who acted as if priding himself on his brusqueness of language. |
He observed all this, and with a brusqueness that was partly assumed he hastened to her rescue. |
In those few months my mind had matured and the brusqueness of my will was softened. |
The default mode of interaction with strangers often seems to be brusqueness to the point of derision. |
Their brusqueness may arise from the fact that they have no time to give to formalities. |