Such a brusque dismissal also expressed the artist's distancing him- or herself from sentimentalism.

It was strangely at odds with the brusque dismissal she had given him earlier.

Her attempts to gently raise the subject of the future lead only to brusque dismissals.

She looked a little startled at the brusque dismissal.

Whatever, it was enough to make Axel feel uneasy with Ebert's brusque dismissal of the man.

Richard II recognized this by his brusque dismissal of Prophete in 1395.

Even as I bridled at his brusque dismissal, I saw the logic in what he said.

Lord Tywin waved two fingers at her, a brusque dismissal.

Dismayed and confused by this brusque dismissal, Cait felt the colour rising to her cheeks.

His brusque dismissal made it clear that he didn't wish to hear any more questions.