churlish

Example Sentences

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A person would be churlish not to be moved by the two recipients’ stories Tuesday night, but awarding them what they’d earned in that venue marked the abuse of a great honor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

More churlish souls might attribute such stubborn determination to craven commercial interests, but something more is in play.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

He crosses one flamboyantly shod foot over another on his desk with churlish satisfaction and takes a deep draw on his cigar.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

“It seems churlish to complain about where we are right now,” said Wendy Edelberg, director of the Hamilton Project, an economic policy arm of the Brookings Institution.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2024

It would be churlish to argue that smart policing isn’t a good thing.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt