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How to use boorish in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective

Boorish means behaving as a boor; rough in manners. Example: “As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.”

Examples of boorish by meaning

adjectiveBehaving as a boor; rough in manners.

  • As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.1989, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, Arcade, published 1998, →ISBN, page 256
  • I don't suppose it's remotely possible that you are boorish and dickly, is it?2000 June 10, “Dr. Laura supports program that pays women $200 to be forever ...”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet)
  • The only real-world effect is that it makes these figures appear boorish and unprofessional to anyone outside the online slopulist echo chamber.2025 May 2, Endeavour, “Against Slopulism”, in Counter-Currents, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025

More sentences with boorish

  • The boorish, antidemocratic fare seems unlikely to help him in the real world.2024 August 29, Eric Lutz, “Donald Trump Wants To Make The World A Right-Wing Meme”, in Radhika Jones, editor, Vanity Fair, New York…. From the entry meme-speak
  • He was misogynist, he was chauvinistic, he was boorish, he was violent.2023 September 16, HarryBlank, “Borrowing Trouble”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2024. From the entry odious
  • In person your SMC may be boorish, charming, self-absorbed, humorous, gentle, sloppy, or even sialoquent ("spraying saliva while talking").2001, Eric F. Fagan, Cast Your Net: A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Your Soulmate on the Internet, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 210. From the entry sialoquent
  • He showed that you could be a rah-rah, hootin’, tootin’ flag-waver without crossing the line into boorish behaviour.2000, Mark James, Into the Bear Pit, page 211. From the entry hootin' tootin'
  • They dashed it to the ground!” Plainly there was some boorish hoodlumism by youths old enough to know better.1949 December 2, Tom Jarvis, “Busted, Stolen Gnome No Longer Lights Home”, in The Vancouver Sun, volume LXIV, number 52, Vancouver, B.C.…. From the entry gnomicide
  • For the last fortnight, Trump has presented himself to the world as the caricature of the ugly American: loud, boorish and ill-informed.2017 June 2, Dana Milbank, “Trump, the caricature of the ugly American, demeans us all”, in Washington Post, retrieved 17 Jul 2017. From the entry Ugly American
  • Even some members of the new bourgeoisie indulge in conspicuously boorish behavior, like hawking phlegm onto the pavement or picking their noses at business meetings.2005, "Endangered Species?" Hannah Beech, Time, 14 Nov 2005. From the entry phlegm

Meaning of boorish

  1. adjective Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

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Questions about boorish in a sentence

How do you use boorish in a sentence?
Boorish is used as an adjective. For example: “As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.”
What is a short sentence with boorish?
“He was misogynist, he was chauvinistic, he was boorish, he was violent.”
What does boorish mean?
Boorish means behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

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