Sentence examples for cutting off questions from inspiring English sources

The next day, when Minaya addressed the Mets' inactivity at the nonwaiver trade deadline, Horwitz was standing so close to Minaya that they looked like Siamese twins, and Horwitz tried cutting off questions after only a few minutes.

In a terse conference call with journalists – the bank avoided face-to-face encounters, citing transport difficulties in London as a result of the Olympics – the bank's chairman, Marcus Agius, refused to provide more details, cutting off questions with a curt "enough".

Protected and coached by the fierce ex-marine Jack Brennan Kevin BaconNixonixon dominates the early interviews, talking at length, cutting off tough questions.

The cutting off of communications confirmed this.

My sister's voice was cutting off.

"I'm not going to give an answer to that," Torre said, cutting off a question about Chamberlain.

While Ms. Midler is known for emotional performances in movies like "The Rose" and "Beaches," and over-the-top ones in her 1980s comedies like "Ruthless People," she is far more demure in person than you might expect, using euphemisms like "heck" and cutting off a question about the frolicking at the Continental Baths.

Some classmates at school have asked Ryan is she was planning on "cutting off her penis", a question that initially infuriated Marcia.

More precisely, he spent about 129 seconds dodging the questions before cutting off the interview.

NBC decided to give Mr. Gregory near total control, asking questions and cutting off answers as he saw fit.

"Don't lie," Mr. Carson said, cutting off a reporter asking a question about West Point.