churl

Example Sentences

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But I don’t want to be too much of a churl.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

“Hearken, churl; mind thy comportment, else thou shalt endure a most grievous batie-bummil!”

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022

But you’d be an awful churl to insist upon making the argument.

From The Guardian • May 27, 2017

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

Fairly Saint Peter told him of the churl who had spoken shame of them: "By his tongue hath he silenced, us, and I myself was so abashed that never again will I speak thereof."

From Tales from the Old French by Various