churl

Example Sentences

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But I don’t want to be too much of a churl.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

And you’d have to be a churl not to like it.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2019

But with the superb singing on display, I am beginning to feel like a churl for citing any flaws.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2015

Nonetheless, Pietersen has been constantly criticised for his style, an attitude peculiarly British in its carping churl.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2012

"Ah, tell me this secret quickly," cried the churl, "for it draws near the hour of meat, and truly, beyond all things, do I desire to grow rich."

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene