rudely

Example Sentences

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The socialist playwright George Bernard Shaw appears several times rudely insulting converts he knew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"It wasn't okay to do that, to go there and talk so rudely to the French people," Diana thinks.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

But when reality rudely interrupts this feel-good dynamic, like the realization that she is disembodied and that he is losing feelings for her, he wants out and to revert back to his comforts.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2025

When out and about at a bar, or at a bowling alley, the couple say that when people rudely stare at them, they wish they'd just say, "Hi."

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025

I was climbing the circular stairwell, thinking that my parents were going to kill me for bringing these men upstairs, when suddenly both cops pushed rudely past me.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson