boorishness
Example Sentences
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A Globe and Mail editorial in May described Hoekstra as being "keen to channel his boss’s aggressive boorishness."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
I listened to my mother's commentary on what she considered their boorishness and insensitivity.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2023
It’s a quirky portrait that has the boorishness of novelty art.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
Blair’s Labour government regarded boorishness as a feature, especially when dealing with the media.
From Washington Post ● May 30, 2019
It exhibits at once the chivalric courtesy and the coarse boorishness of some classes in the naval service of France, at the period I am describing.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
