| The default mode of interaction with strangers often seems to be brusqueness to the point of derision. |
| Beneath all his stubborn brusqueness, he was a solid friend and a loving father and husband. |
| She attempted to bridge the gulf that her brusqueness had created and offered my friend a cigarette. |
| 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. |
| You talk to your children with a stiffness, a gloominess, a brusqueness which will close their hearts. |
