rudeness

Example Sentences

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Purely as entertainment, it is inert; the story, about a family in mourning, features histrionics worthy of grand opera and a level of rudeness that could peel paint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

A prison key worker said he had come to the unit wanting to work on "reactions and perceptions of rudeness towards him".

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

How do you — or, rather, how did the Pew researchers — measure rudeness?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2025

G.H. and Amanda have a drink, and she apologies for her rudeness, and they go dance.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2023

Mami hushes my rudeness again, but I can tell she is proud of my being confident in a language she finds so hard to learn.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez