How to Use curt in a Sentence

curt

adjective
  • He gave only a curt reply to the question.
  • Just a few years ago his answer would have been far more curt.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Text generators tend to write long, even when the prompt is curt.
    — Victoria Turk, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Others were more curt, saying that the speech is nothing but hot air.
    — Al Weaver, The Hill, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Raman, dressed in a sweatshirt and jeans, smoked a cigar and gave curt commands.
    — Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Our separation would need to be curt and the novel did it.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
  • At the neighboring house, a curt man in his forties answered the bell.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The professor was curt when asked at that conference if his models had missed any risks.
    — Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 11 May 2018
  • Maybe you’re often stressed about your heavy workload, leading you to be curt and too hyper-focused at work.
    — Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
  • There was simply no way that Facebook would send me an curt email threatening to lock my account.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 2 Mar. 2022
  • People fall for the room, as well as the souffles, and for the curt waiters whose charms unfurl throughout the course of the meal.
    — Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2018
  • David said during the interview when Wallace asked him about his curt text response.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Despite, or maybe because of his curt demeanor, Dylan stands as the most honest of the group.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Fincher's direction is slick in this curt, creepy, and propulsive tale of domestic doom.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
  • That was about all for a rather curt and frustrated coach, who had little to say after nearly notching a huge win on the road.
    — Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who counts both men as allies, was curt when asked about the race.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2019
  • His comments on playing shortstop have turned from reflective and confident to aloof and curt.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
  • Asked to assess his own performance afterward, Howard was curt.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Beverly concludes, her digraphs pointedly curt, left to flutter in the air.
    — Vulture, 4 May 2023
  • His curt response on Twitter to this question wasn't suitable for a family website.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Their heads were bowed in the locker room, their answers curt but as polite as can be considering their choke job from minutes earlier.
    — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Synthesizers flash like emergency flares; the drums remain curt and clipped; vocalists trace breathy arcs in the space cleared by the bullish low-end.
    — Elias Leight, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Less than a day later, a curt follow-up email landed in many of their inboxes informing them that they weren’t being let go after all.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The actor explained that a salary dispute with the Potter producers was what prompted his curt response.
    — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Later, a curt attendee leads her down a hall, ushers her into a room, locks the door and asks Sawyer to empty her bag, hand over her phone and disrobe.
    — Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2018
  • But researchers didn’t like the curt way Romer often conveyed his message, said two people familiar with the matter.
    — Andrew Mayeda, Bloomberg.com, 25 May 2017
  • The actor, one of my lifelong favorites, has a lurid, suggestive smile, curt at the edges, and eyes that shine with hidden information.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • At the time, the actor gave the model short, curt answers to her questions—forcing her to awkwardly end the talk—and rolled his eyes before leaving.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The men are usually portrayed as very curt and not very affectionate, and the women are very ‘ingenue-y’ and sweet and innocent.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Then Maryland’s three-decade relationship with the Leningrad region dissolved with a curt letter.
    — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022

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