ill-mannered
Example Sentences
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The accompanying photo portraits are mostly hideous, in Ms. Wiles’s case also ill-mannered and unkind.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Ferrigan said that a local official’s choice not to lower flags after a president’s executive directive might be seen as somewhat ill-mannered but wouldn’t be breaking any rules.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025
Harrison plays Rex, a coarse, ill-mannered layabout with a bleach-blonde bouffant hairdo.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022
He had a two-set lead against Nadal in this year's Australian Open final, but lost in five hours and 24 minutes and was on the receiving end of a partisan and ill-mannered crowd.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2022
But how ill-mannered of them to stare so!
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
