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churlishness

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She puts a lot of effort into home decoration and entertaining guests as she tries to keep Joe’s churlishness at bay.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Let it go, apologize for your churlishness, and take yourself shopping if you want a pricey gift this year.

From Slate Nov. 22, 2018

If a national audience has just been introduced in the National League Championship Series to the full Machado — a package of churlishness, indolence and brilliance — the crowd here has seen his act before.

From New York Times Oct. 23, 2018

A few, talking privately, expressed their chagrin at the churlishness of Cuba’s Party apparatchiks, and worried that, after all of Obama’s effort, his overtures were being spurned.

From The New Yorker Apr. 1, 2016

Even that nebulous unease when she was around Paula, part churlishness and part insecurity, had melted away.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie