gauche

Example Sentences

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One longtime friend was surprised by reports characterizing Rana as a gauche underperformer, having known Rana as an outgoing person with a dry, quick sense of humor and an intense work ethic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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

We scroll, and along with the images come the opinions: what’s chic, what’s gauche, what’s suddenly “out.”

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

She’s also being a bit gauche and inconsiderate because you’re her co-workers, not necessarily her close friends with whom she might more appropriately discuss such things.

From New York Times • May 14, 2023

The air of collective displacement, the impermanence of life in wartime and the gauche personalities of the more recent arrivals tended to dissipate my own sense of not belonging.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou