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
It is true that at first the uncouthness and eccentricity were less prominent.
From The Age of Tennyson by Hugh Walker
His talking about the desert had, as it were, softened his uncouthness, and had made him of a sudden surprisingly intelligible.
From Burning Sands by Arthur Weigal
