churl
Example Sentences
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Only a churl would lament the existence of these testaments to the out-of-nowhere potential of a great pop hit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2021
And you’d have to be a churl not to like it.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2019
But with the superb singing on display, I am beginning to feel like a churl for citing any flaws.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2015
Actually, I'm not a churl and think he is rather a good thing but he is increasingly sounding like Samwise Gamgee on helium, in making Alan Sugar laugh at himself and the mad contestants human.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2011
"Ah, tell me this secret quickly," cried the churl, "for it draws near the hour of meat, and truly, beyond all things, do I desire to grow rich."
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
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