uncouthness
Example Sentences
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Seidel began his career in the early sixties, the era of confessional poetry, but he had nothing except his own perceived uncouthness to confess.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2016
“Very mature, John,” he mutters to himself in despair at his own uncouthness as she stalks off.
From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2015
But uncouthness turns out to have its virtues.
From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2015
When last I painted him he still had:�at least for me�a certain amount of uncouthness of the flesh about him, of the brazen and sardonic as well as the elegant ironic.
From Time Magazine Archive
This trait of physical vigour was manifested in each of his muscular sons, and, despite their slow and lank uncouthness, their movements suggested latent elasticity.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles
