boorishness
Example Sentences
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A Globe and Mail editorial in May described Hoekstra as being "keen to channel his boss’s aggressive boorishness."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
His boorishness is rubbing off on the people who work for him.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2023
It’s a quirky portrait that has the boorishness of novelty art.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
The effect is the same, though, earning his lifelong tendency to petty boorishness a free pass.
From Washington Post ● May 30, 2019
He had pleaded solitude and boorishness as a reason for his extraordinarily abrupt tactics.
From The Daughter Pays by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
