Sentence examples for curt expression from inspiring English sources

While singing this curt expression of self-empowerment, she coyly shimmied and did some discreet bumps and grinds.

The Israeli government was shaken by the expulsion but chose to issue only a curt official expression of regret and to take no countermeasures against Britain, top officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk publicly.

Sony itself issued only a curt statement, saying its entertainment businesses were "not for sale".

The place is run by a Mrs. Wilkinson (Lynn Redgrave), a curt, authoritarian woman with the sour expression of someone who sips vinegar for breakfast.

There is now a curt message in Chinese saying that this blog has already been closed.

This curt signature gesture, performed before his officers, is an expression of mastery and, at the same time, of submission — to duty, to Japan, and to death.

Peggy awakens to find a curt note of thanks from Dawn who left without saying goodbye.

Unconfirmed reports that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has banned the use of the Japanese euphemism "comfort women" in favor of the more direct "sex slaves" prompted a curt retort last week in the Japanese Parliament by the foreign minister, Koichiro Gemba, who called the latter term "a mistaken expression".

CURT LAFOND Montgomery, Ala.

Sants' response was curt.

They can be curt.