Use of the word gruffness in a sentence example

gruffness

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The gruffness of her manners gives a bad impression. [Please select]

"Son, bring him here," Andre said with the gruffness of an older brother. [Please select]

"Wal, she won't show up on Blue Roan," he replied, with grim gruffness. [Please select]

He realizes your feelings as well as I do, in spite of his apparent gruffness. [Please select]

Again, in spite of the gruffness, I felt that wistful quality in him. [Please select]

And with a curious gruffness, "I hope you will keep out," he said. [Please select]

His gruffness had forsaken him, and he came forward with an unembarrassed and dignified bearing. [Please select]

His gruffness and brevity disturbed me more than I cared to confess. [Please select]

His manner had recently lost much of its gruffness. [Please select]

There was a gruffness in Jerry's voice as he answered, a gruffness that tried hard to mask the trembling of his tones. [Please select]

Hilda, Jason, too, had learned that phrase, and he spoke it with a gruffness that made the girl smile: "Good-night, Mavie." [Please select]

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