"Curtly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... answered the sheriff curtly. "Come along!" With a mighty effort Isaac wrenched himself loose, ...
— McClure's Magazine, January, 1896, Vol. VI. No. 2 • Various
... business matter, they had quitted it for a topic of the hour. But business none the less went forward, the shop functioned, the presses behind the shop were being driven by steam as advertised; a customer emerged, and was curtly nodded at by the proprietor as he squeezed past; a girl with a small flannel apron over a large cotton apron went timidly into the shop. The trickling, calm commerce of a provincial town was proceeding, bit being added ...
— Clayhanger • Arnold Bennett
... here till we catch and sell a bunch of horses," said Pan curtly. "Can you quit your job at the ...
— Valley of Wild Horses • Zane Grey
... eyelids beginning to droop. At a word from Carmena, Farley led him to a cool dark inner room. He curtly pointed out a rude bed-frame across which had been stretched a rawhide. Lennon fell asleep the moment he lay ...
— Bloom of Cactus • Robert Ames Bennet
... me curtly on entering, swiftly averting his face as I took his stick, hat, and top-coat. But I had seen the worst at one glance. The Honourable George was more than spotted—he was splotchy. It was ...
— Ruggles of Red Gap • Harry Leon Wilson
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