gauche

Example Sentences

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Keir Starmer's team agonised over whether to bring crowds of supporters into Downing Street to wave and cheer his arrival, worried "it would look too gauche to have a celebration".

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

How could anyone treasure something so gauche in this bougie travel era of lie-flat seats and $1,000 a night hotels, right?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

But even five years of perpetual pregnancy hasn’t stopped the comedian known for being glamorously gauche, from saying the crude things we all think while wearing a chic outfit and a smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Pronkstilleven pieces are complex and elaborate — aspirational in the same way foodie socials favor the gauche.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2024

“I’m gauche and awkward, I dress badly, I’m shy with people. I warned you in Monte Carlo how it would be. You think I’m not right for Manderley.”

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier