churl
Example Sentences
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Barabak: You would have to be a churl not to respect and admire Vance’s career path, which, to use a phrase oft-heard Monday might, truly embodies the American Dream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024
As with Stosur, it would take the dourest churl to dislike Barty, so the sight of either pulling through in Melbourne would have pleased — or will please — anyone worth knowing.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2022
But you’d be an awful churl to insist upon making the argument.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2017
But with the superb singing on display, I am beginning to feel like a churl for citing any flaws.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2015
Cherries in nets against the wall, Where Master Thrush his madrigal Sings, and makes oath a churl is he Who grudges cherries for a fee.
From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various
Vocabulary lists containing churl
Scrooge, Grinch, and Churl: Wonderful Words for Unpleasant People
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 5
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