Sentence examples for he's abrupt from inspiring English sources

Friendless and prickly, George has an occasional generous impulse, but most of the time he's abrupt and egotistical — hard-shelled and self-serving in the way of longtime celebrities who know how to control their world.

On the phone he was abrupt, rushing on deadline.

If he is abrupt, it is because — have you seen the time?

If he is abrupt, it is because have you seen the time?—this is not the day to mess around.

"Do you know if you're any good?" His revised and printed response was formal, but in person he was abrupt: "Heavens no! Do you?

He was abrupt and cranky in a brief interview afterward and refused to discuss the 87-mile-an-hour fastball from Estes that missed him by several inches.

Critics say he is abrupt and impatient, with deeply conservative outlook.

"He was abrupt and rude".

But when she phoned Bernie to ask what gives, he was abrupt and perfunctory.

It's abrupt.

We're caught inside Tom's skin — not always a comfortable place to be, since he can be abrupt and dislikable.