He sounded brusque as the door slid shut.

He was too polished a man to have a name that sounded so brusque, almost violent.

"No." He sounded so uncompromisingly brusque that she judged it a good idea to change the conversation.

"I'm sorry," she said, sounding more brusque than she would have liked.

In fact, he sounded brusque, as if he had more important things on his mind.

He sounds brusque, but perhaps this is because he hasn't con- joined for a long time.

'That's correct,' I said, and tried to keep from sounding brusque.

Vining thought the question sounded both brusque and silly.

Freddie asked, sounding brusque now that she had lost game, set, and match to Cummings.

Not that the admiral came on the circuit himself, but whoever did the talking sounded more brusque and demanding as time passed.