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
Harrison plays Rex, a coarse, ill-mannered layabout with a bleach-blonde bouffant hairdo.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022
Surely it was the admiral’s problem if his ostrich was so ill-mannered that it ran away without so much as a by-your-leave?
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
