boorishly

Example Sentences

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And the fact that some of your higher-ups don’t seem to notice he courts their good opinion while acting boorishly isn’t shocking.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2019

Although Richards amazingly could now stretch and bend his body into any shape as Mr. Fantastic, for example, he could be as boorishly long-winded and pompous as ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2018

To be sure, a few critics worry of a witch hunt and indeed some of the accused men might in the end turn out to be “merely” boorishly sexist top dogs.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2017

I hope someday soon she will wish she had behaved less boorishly in celebrating her great achievement.

From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2016

As Alice still hesitated, Paul boorishly insisted: "Do here and now decide my fate."

From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay