Philistine

Example Sentences

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I, on the other hand, remain a philistine and a hayseed.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022

With this in mind, it’s tempting to read “Wool” as straight-up satire, focusing as it does on an ingenious but eccentric writer pitched against a philistine publisher.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2022

The issue here, then, may be that I am a philistine.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2021

It ill behoves either him or Bruckner to try to frame this as evidence of a vindictive philistine world.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2019

The Jerry philistine proceeded to wad everything I could remember of “Tam o’Shanter” into balls of wastepaper.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein