He was a boorish man but had a good taste for music and brought Handel to England. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Was boorish and insensitive. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
BLOOM: Who uses the term boorish in 2004. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2004] Reference
If Americans acted this way, we'd be called boorish or jingoistic. From Wordnik.com. [The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE] Reference
FDR was branded as a sick demented dictator, Truman was called a boorish drunk, Kennedy was a spineless commie dupe. From Wordnik.com. [The Chimes at Midnight] Reference
Perhaps my threshold for "boorish" is different than yours?. From Wordnik.com. [Philocrites: What does 'liberal, welcoming' mean at your church?] Reference
What kind of boorish, tastless clods subscribe to this blog anyway???. From Wordnik.com. [Rifle Shopping at a Shotgun Shop] Reference
This kind of boorish behaviour will only attract investigative efforts. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » VIDEO: Inhofe ‘Very Proud’ There’s Never Been a Homosexual Relationship in the ‘Recorded History of Our Family’] Reference
Is "boorish" behavior, though reprehensible, reason for recall?. From Wordnik.com. Reference
No. Has the May been guilty of personal behavior that could be construed as "boorish"?. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Commerce minister Jairam Ramesh almost snubbed Peter Mandelsson because of Miliband's "boorish" behaviour. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
(I don't include "boorish," because he needs no unmasking in that area: simply read any of his columns at random.). From Wordnik.com. [The American Spectator] Reference
'boorish' treatment of her at the March 12 council meeting. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Marcus runs afoul of the boorish, bigoted dean of men. From Wordnik.com. [The New Ghost Writer] Reference
But who imagined we'd be so boorish and fidgety about it?. From Wordnik.com. [Forever Young] Reference
This is unpardonable and boorish, and shows gross neglect. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
But Madge was in a white heat of passion over the young man's boorish retort. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
In Britain today, it is considered "cool" to be drunk, boorish and foulmouthed. From Wordnik.com. [International Letters] Reference
The king had seen her, and, in his boorish way, had expressed his admiration; and. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
I mean I'm trying to do what I can to engineer it in my hardheaded and boorish way. From Wordnik.com. [Atheist Brigade Takes Arguments to the Tolerant] Reference
In other words, there are some people who would be boorish under any circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
They have become boorish in manners, unsympathetic in nature, and suspicious in spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes] Reference
It takes so long to reach, however, that some readers may tire of Sloan's boorish behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Lust And Democracy] Reference
Love hearkens to lovers unfairly treated, being the chastiser of boorish and haughty persons. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Witness the boorish treatment of Serena Williams by the Parisian crowd at the recent French Open. From Wordnik.com. [Just Call It The Tour De Lance] Reference
Most alarming of all was Kaufman's boorish alter ego Tony Clifton, a talentless Vegas lounge singer. From Wordnik.com. [A Blue Christmas] Reference
Are you aware that this boorish patrician has in his possession the eight types of medal of the gens. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Ivy League football was so boorish that Teddy Roosevelt held White House meetings about the rough play. From Wordnik.com. [Good Sports] Reference
It must concern other intelligences that boorish neighbors are considering moving to their neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
The general earned a boorish, trigger-happy reputation, synonymous with the troubled early years of the war. From Wordnik.com. [As the U.S. withdraws from Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno bids an anxious goodbye] Reference
It shows the English as inward-looking, boorish and obsessed with reliving past triumphs on or off the field. From Wordnik.com. [Swede Rules Britannia] Reference
Is it one more example of Britain's boorish cultural strain that also manifests itself in soccer hooliganism?. From Wordnik.com. [Irreverent? Or Just Boorish?] Reference
Crudely-enforced bans on access brought the activity into disrepute after 100 years, along with boorish behaviour. From Wordnik.com. [Oh what a glorious day it is – except for the grouse] Reference
I shouldn't fall over myself for just one more line of lazy boorish lilt from cracked lips courtesy of seaborne air. From Wordnik.com. [Leox] Reference
This is the sort of boorish, entitled behavior the rich have always gotten away with - a dog-bites-man story at best. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood, Interrupted] Reference
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