uncouth
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If it’s uncouth to raise in public, I assure you: lots of people are talking about this privately, because it’s getting hard to ignore.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Playing on his uncouth, reality-TV rep, he painted himself as a truth-teller at campaign rallies across America.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025
First, however, let’s begin with Kevin McCarthy, who’s resorted to uncouth language as a last resort to his unsolvable problems.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2023
"He has a very serious problem in that he talks too much," he says of the president's habit of making controversial, uncouth and homophobic statements.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2022
His voice was deep and guttural, yet to Merry’s surprise he spoke the Common Speech, though in a halting fashion, and uncouth words were mingled with it.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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