boorishly

Example Sentences

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Mr. Niemann brushed off all advice, predicting he’d soon play at such an exceptional level that he’d get invited to tournaments no matter how boorishly he behaved.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2022

And the fact that some of your higher-ups don’t seem to notice he courts their good opinion while acting boorishly isn’t shocking.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2019

Although Richards amazingly could now stretch and bend his body into any shape as Mr. Fantastic, for example, he could be as boorishly long-winded and pompous as ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2018

It is back in the news because Taibbi just wrote a new book, and interviewers are asking him why he and Ames acted so boorishly back then.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2017

Oswald never overtly exceeded the bounds of social propriety, nor boorishly inflicted his presence upon Esther's attention.

From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay