1 Sometimes when her curt orders made Pork stick out his under lip and Mammy mutter: "Some folks rides mighty high dese days," she wondered where her good manners had gone.
2 From upstairs he could hear occasionally the curt tones of Dr. Meade whenever a door opened.
3 Then, for three years which passed like one curt paragraph, she ceased to find anything interesting save the Bjornstams and her baby.
4 It was only the shout that startled him, this curt, abrupt, military shout, that he would not have expected from the policeman called Franz.
The Trial By Franz KafkaContext Highlight In Chapter One Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - The... 5 There was a series of loud, curt and regular knocks at the door of the adjoining room.
The Trial By Franz KafkaContext Highlight In Chapter One Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - The... 6 expressed himself in this curt way without any thought, so he was glad when the painter did not take this amiss and picked up a second painting from the floor.
The Trial By Franz KafkaContext Highlight In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter 7 With the unreasonable petulance of mankind I rang the bell and gave a curt intimation that I was ready.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 8 For a minute I stood there with the paper in my hands thinking out the meaning of this curt message.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor 9 The curt, hoarse sound of the old man's voice announced a strange degree of excitement.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRES... 10 He issued his final orders in the tap-room in a curt, but profoundly tranquil tone; Feuilly listened and replied in the name of all.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII—THE VULTURE BECOME PREY 11 He stood there for a moment in the moonlight with his delicate hooked nose set a little askew, and his mica eyes glittering without a wink, then, with a curt Good night, he strode off.
12 Every one in the house had grown used to him, to his careless manners, and his curt and abrupt speeches.
13 "Hush," said Rhett curtly, not missing the shining light in Wade's eyes when he spoke of the father he had never known.
14 "Sit down," he said curtly, following her into the room.
15 Scarlett curtly refused to contribute more money to Pitty's establishment as long as India was under the same roof.