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

Customer > Cupstomper: An ill-mannered Starbucks patron who throws a tanty when mistakenly served a latte instead of a mocha.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2022

Rome has tried for years to get ill-mannered tourists to behave.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2019

Now your friend is here, I wish you would not lurk about the place, it is so very ill-mannered.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill