gruffly's Usage Examples:

The men are treated gruffly and are humiliated by the process.

Former Doctor Who alumni Sylvester McCoy is gruffly menacing as Sams.

He was a surrealistic foil and the middle ground between Moe's gruffly "bossy" and Curly's childish personae.

She asks the ticket agent when the bus will arrive, and he gruffly complains that this is her third time asking.

suitable match for himself, but he speaks to Jiro nonetheless, but Jiro gruffly rejects Kihachi.

Jimmy boasts that Mike could beat the colonel's thoroughbreds, the colonel gruffly insults Mike's ability, causing Jimmy to challenge him to a race.

He works under the equally taciturn Bruno, who gruffly teaches him the job.

One of Groundskeeper Willie's trademarks is a gruffly-spoken insulting retort, which take the writers a long time to come up.

Natasha is telling romantic stories to the crowd, Kostilyoff comes out and gruffly orders her in to work.

Upstairs, Big Bob gruffly criticizes Bob's ability to make a simple grilled cheese just as the timer.

is reluctant to go, having formed a bond with Jake and Maggie, but Jake gruffly orders him to leave; eventually, both dolphins escape, leaving Jake and.

Whilst Teal always gruffly refers to Templar by his surname only, Templar addresses Teal with the.

"None of your damned business", Mulholland answered gruffly, without looking up.

Rakim's rhymes as "lively, varied, and imaginative" and stated "With his gruffly evocative street reporting and fine sense of detail, he creates scenarios.

IGN said "Not even the gruffly likable Ethan Hawke can make the murky, messy car chase movie Getaway worthwhile.

Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "If Young's voice weren't as gruffly workaday as his guitar, he might be a threat—he's got a knack for the blues.

A possible friendship between the two is hinted at, though DeWolfe gruffly makes it clear to Spider-Man that they're not friends, just allies.

Judd's performance "so resolutely humorless and businesslike that Freeman's gruffly affectionate warmth becomes doubly valuable, though not nearly enough to.

failing to leave on time would be gruffly removed at the correct time.

Similarly, anyone trying to leave early would be gruffly held in place and removed at.

Sybylla gruffly rejects him, to everyone's surprise.