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It was his final offer and he said he'd brook no further discussion.

They say he brooks no opposition, and I opposed him.

And from the sound of his voice, he would brook no refusal.

His wife was a career woman who would brook no nonsense.

And on this issue in particular, he would not brook her interference.

With his own tone and eyes Richard let the man know he would brook no trouble.

The realities of modern war do not brook much choice in the matter.

She walked toward him with an easy confidence that seemed to brook no discussion.

"The men will brook no further retreat in the face of the enemy."

"Those white kids, they get an education," she says in a voice that brooks no contradiction.

He was going about his business and would brook no foolishness.

He could not brook delay in rising, or being late for dinner.

Alexander had made it clear he would brook no further interference.

It was the voice she knew, the one that brooked no argument.

He would brook no delay, for reasons that must be obvious.

He must plan more carefully, and wind his will up until it would brook no resistance.

He had brooked familiarity from no one, man or woman.

He gave her a look that brooked no further arguments.

Her voice was not simply firm; it brooked no opposition.

There was a note in her voice that brooked no argument.

"We are on a mission for my master, who brooks no interference."

He was not, one gathers, a man to brook opposition.

I had long known that this god brooked no companions.

We weren't going to brook anybody's coming in with a picky point.

"I'll drive you back home," he told her in a voice which brooked no argument.