churl

Example Sentences

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But I don’t want to be too much of a churl.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 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 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

Actually, I'm not a churl and think he is rather a good thing but he is increasingly sounding like Samwise Gamgee on helium, in making Alan Sugar laugh at himself and the mad contestants human.

From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2011

Churl, churl, n. a rustic, labourer: an ill-bred, surly fellow.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various