gauche

Example Sentences

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And when a State of the Union is remembered, it tends to be less for something the president said than for a gauche reaction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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

“Sirens” updates that collage portrait, casting the modern billionaire not as gauche but reserved, a misunderstood figure we should trust.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

Or would it be gauche to do so?

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 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