churl
Example Sentences
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Barabak: You would have to be a churl not to respect and admire Vance’s career path, which, to use a phrase oft-heard Monday might, truly embodies the American Dream.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2024
“Hearken, churl; mind thy comportment, else thou shalt endure a most grievous batie-bummil!”
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022
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
Nonetheless, Pietersen has been constantly criticised for his style, an attitude peculiarly British in its carping churl.
From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2012
With his beak as best he might, he smoothed and ordered his feathers; but the churl, who was fain of the three wisdoms, admonished him to speak.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
Vocabulary lists containing churl
Scrooge, Grinch, and Churl: Wonderful Words for Unpleasant People
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 5
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