churlishness

Example Sentences

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She puts a lot of effort into home decoration and entertaining guests as she tries to keep Joe’s churlishness at bay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Let it go, apologize for your churlishness, and take yourself shopping if you want a pricey gift this year.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2018

A few, talking privately, expressed their chagrin at the churlishness of Cuba’s Party apparatchiks, and worried that, after all of Obama’s effort, his overtures were being spurned.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2016

If nothing else, these scattered moments of churlishness confirm that if pricked, Jeter does bleed, which became evident during contract negotiations four years ago.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2014

But then some memory would rise, unbidden, and there would be stony silences or spells of churlishness.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini