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boorishly





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But he also was a derelict parent, treated women boorishly and was disrespectful of entire cultures — even those from which he borrowed ideas.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

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

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

"You are worse," he replied boorishly; "you're a Fletcher."

From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow


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