curtly

I was curtly told that our table would be held for no more than five minutes.

His father nodded curtly and went out without another word.

"You will have to learn to believe me," he said curtly, then went to the one table in the room.

The two of them looked at me and I nodded rather curtly.

"Maybe they were just better at it than me," he said curtly.

The Army told me, quite curtly, that my services were no longer necessary.

The officer came back after several minutes and said curtly, "You are free to go."

He dismissed them curtly and turned back to his men.

"He has been called away on business," she said curtly.

He nodded to me curtly and walked out of the room.

"I got a little lost in the moment," she said curtly.

He nodded curtly to the man who was waiting in the car.

Coaches told him curtly that it was because everyone else did.

He nodded curtly, then she took her leave and closed the door.

I want to see the cycle report,' she said curtly.

"You are coming a bit further along with us, my man," he said curtly.

At the end he asked me about myself, curtly, as if it was all rather a bore.

I am not,' he said curtly, looking out the window.

He nodded curtly, more to himself than to them, and rose.

The man on the watch outside put his head in at the door and announced curtly: "Here he comes."

He motioned curtly toward the door out of his office.

"One thing," he said curtly to his secretary when that young man presented himself.

"It was the other way around," he told her curtly.

"Wait for me here," he said curtly and walked away.

Somehow it came out more curtly than he had intended.