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

At this point, it’s fruitless to dwell on the petty churlishness of these two extremists.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2015

Even that nebulous unease when she was around Paula, part churlishness and part insecurity, had melted away.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie