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

And even if he wants to behave rudely towards his own workers, we needn’t do so towards ours.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2025

“Can’t a rat catch a wink of sleep without being rudely popped into the air?”

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White