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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

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

To be sure, a few critics worry of a witch hunt and indeed some of the accused men might in the end turn out to be “merely” boorishly sexist top dogs.

From The Guardian Nov. 9, 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 Carson Jay Lee




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