churlishness
Example Sentences
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The churlishness in his critics' voices is noticeable, and not wholesome.
From New York Times • May 29, 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
To The Boston Globe’s Peter Keough, the film “resurrects a macho churlishness and puerile wish fulfillment that is less charming now than it was back when the show went off the air.”
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2015
Such churlishness wasn't always considered to be a talented chef's due.
From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 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
