Sentence examples for curt language from inspiring English sources
He turns the curt language of the hardboiled archetype into something decidedly light-hearted: "She walked along the edge of the Old Quad now with her head up and her shoulders back and her heels tapping in what she considered a briskly competent manner.
Listen to a Korean businessman negotiating with a Pole in English and you will hear the difference: the language is curt, emphatic, stripped-down.
Decades before terms like "alpha girl" were invented to describe a cutthroat female high school pecking order, the hits of Lesley Gore outlined this treacherous realm of sexual rivalry and vindictive gossip in language as curt as a text message.
"The one thing I won't give up is giving up," White says toward the end of the play, his language elevating and his curt sentences expanding into more elaborate musings.
Its Foreign Ministry quickly issued a statement whose curt terms departed from its usually cautious and opaque language.
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Sants' response was curt.
That curt, wordless, forceful dak.
His replies were often curt and abrupt.
