uncouthness
Example Sentences
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Seidel began his career in the early sixties, the era of confessional poetry, but he had nothing except his own perceived uncouthness to confess.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2016
But uncouthness turns out to have its virtues.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
“Very mature, John,” he mutters to himself in despair at his own uncouthness as she stalks off.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
My security against his attempts lay in the uncouthness and deformity which nature had bestowed upon his person and visage, rather than in the firmness of my own principles.
From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
He simply kept telling it over again in the excitement of the conversation, meaning to explain to his listeners what a remarkable fellow the smith was, in spite of his uncouthness.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
