Sentence examples for curt answers from inspiring English sources

He spoke little, often painfully slowly – the hushes were long before the usually curt answers.

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

But there is a sense that McHale is much more open to coaching than his curmudgeonly demeanor and curt answers would suggest.

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.

Mr. Boothman loves questions that start with "how" -- an "opening-up word," he calls it, because it invites long, relaxed responses instead of the curt answers you get with questions that start with "Do you" or "Are you".

Clark's preoccupation with the traffic, his curt answers, his narrowed eyes, everything about him that ignored her, even his slight irritation at her giddy delight — all of that had thrilled her.

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

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

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.'".

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.