Sentence examples for a curt answer from inspiring English sources

So it was telling when John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who led the advocacy in the Senate for New Start, gave a curt answer for a question about the test ban treaty: "There's just been no talk about that right now, none whatsoever".

I received a curt answer from Sara Lauer, a Health Canada media relations officer, who wrote in an email: "the answer would be 'no.'".

Add the generally imperious nature of officials there, combined with jetlag and the horrors she has been witnessing all over the continent, it is no wonder she politely snapped a very curt answer to what appeared to be a very stupid question about her husband.

"I asked Bobby and he gave me a rather curt answer," he said.

The Carthaginians, quite undismayed, returned a sufficiently curt answer, in which they stated that they chose neither of the articles sent them, but were ready to accept either that the Romans might leave with them.

For a second day, Allergan's stock price shot up sharply, and the company issued a curt reply.

If she talks to you, give her a curt reply like you would any acquaintance.

It makes sense, really - just like at home, asking these kinds of questions in airports and bus stations isn't met with friendly enthusiasm, but rather a serviceable and curt answer.

"There's no need to do that," was the curt answer from the prime minister.

Mr. Kamei, who sat on a podium in front of a blue-gray curtain, gave curt answers and even reprimanded reporters for their coverage.

A reporter asked him on Tuesday if his curt answers were because he does not like to do news conferences or if it was a deliberate attempt to hold back information.