Jean asked, startled at Scott's blunt reply.

"No, I don't," was the blunt reply.

The blunt reply stopped Elliot in her tracks.

She had known it, but the blunt reply still hurt.

All her attempts at polite conversation were brushed aside with blunt replies or stony silence.

Samuelsson speaks in a Swedish accent and answers questions with terse, blunt replies, rarely volunteering anything extra.

Thern had asked a direct question; Falsythe's nod had been a blunt reply.

He paused, held the document up, and delivered a blunt reply by spitting at it.

The blunt reply made Marcus frown, though he still tried to be cordial: "Well, I'm happy to see you, whatever the reason.

The professor's blunt reply still echoes.