churlishness

Example Sentences

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If a national audience has just been introduced in the National League Championship Series to the full Machado — a package of churlishness, indolence and brilliance — the crowd here has seen his act before.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2018

A few, talking privately, expressed their chagrin at the churlishness of Cuba’s Party apparatchiks, and worried that, after all of Obama’s effort, his overtures were being spurned.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2016

Such churlishness wasn't always considered to be a talented chef's due.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2014

This is a show populated by one of the biggest casts of sweethearts ever seen on TV, and if the people around them are cynical — and hilarious — jerks, the churlishness doesn’t quite rub off.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2012

But then some memory would rise, unbidden, and there would be stony silences or spells of churlishness.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini