boorishly

Example Sentences

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You behaved boorishly, hypocritically, condescendingly, cruelly, and with tremendous entitlement.

From Slate • Sep. 3, 2020

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

I hope someday soon she will wish she had behaved less boorishly in celebrating her great achievement.

From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2016

That seems to be Alan Davies's stance on the recent controversy over the men behaving boorishly on The Big Fat Quiz of The Year.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2013

He had hurt her boorishly by his curt refusal of her friendship.

From Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West by Raine, William MacLeod