Sentence examples for churlishness from inspiring English sources
noun
The state of being churlish
Their early interviews were monosyllabic to the point of churlishness – a consequence of the fact that they have never liked talking about themselves.
Mr Modi probably judged that his counterpart has little political capital to spare right now for detentewith India.Still, Mr Modi's churlishness will complicate future efforts to improve ties, because it discourages Pakistani moderates who argue to the Pakistani army and other doubters that engaging India is worth it.
Something to celebrate Why phones are replacing cars No democracy please, we're shareholders Mission not yet accomplished Dangerous data Reprints Related items German immigration: Brains not welcome hereApr 29th 2004 The future of Europe: A club in need of a new visionApr 29th 2004This churlishness spectacularly misses the two key benefits of this EU expansion.
To avoid accusations of churlishness, pro-democracy politicians welcomed these moves, and drew up a new list of less provocative slogans for the July 1st march.
The churlishness is unbecoming in a Labour MP but also ludicrous.
I went on with my churlishness, venturing that this seemed like an awful lot of expenditure to make a couple of thousand Scots retirees happy.
The common refrain among New Yorkers is that although Giuliani showed leadership on the day of the terrorist attacks, in the preceding months he had been a spent and isolated lame duck, his viability sapped by churlishness and the spectacle of his unattractive personal dramas.
For although Daddy's keen mind and his literary stature drew a collection of friends and admirers, his churlishness just as often drove them away.
(Krenek wouldn't talk to me about Zuckerman, either. You can't ascribe all the omertà to discretion or churlishness. In some cases, his former employees have signed non-disclosure or non-disparagement agreements).
Arkansans caution that he is capable of churlishness.
When Obinze asked if Iloba might be able to help him find a National Insurance number, he would have understood a little resentment, a little churlishness after all, he was contacting Iloba only because he needed something but it surprised him how sincerely eager to help Iloba was.
