Once they began having sex, they saw bright flashlights and heard brusque voices as they were surrounded.
Ms. Liu, who initially made her reputation in the West as a singer in jazz and rock bands, ranged from brusque, chanting voices and vigorous percussion to swirling string melodies and angular dance rhythms in "In-Corporeal I".
On the phone, I remembered the brusque and throaty voice.
"Excuse me," I say, my voice now brusque.
BBC Radio Leeds goes live with the immortal words uttered by a brusque, broad West Riding voice: "Radio Leeds?
In a walk-through just before the show's opening, ¿ivadinov makes a grand case for the project, with a booming voice, a brusque accent and a cheerfully ironic twinkle in his eye.
His voice was generally brusque: mostly from weathering, but also by choice, since every so often he would linger over a note or leap up to a clearer, less crusty tone.
The author's merry voice, with its brusque and rich accent, dances around your head like a hobbit drinking song.
Yet the studio hybrids are largely compatible with the traditional styles, and the women's voices — particularly the brusque Chela Torres, the pungent Sofia Blanco and the equally biting, higher-voiced Silvia Blanco, her daughter — defy any artifice.
The narrator's voice ranges from merciless and brusque to tender and doleful.
