Example Sentences

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The show is a kind of spiritual “Parts Unknown,” in which religions are ingested like sea-urchin roe—but without Anthony Bourdain’s lovable loutishness.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 9, 2017

As Geoff Dyer wrote in The Times in 2009, Americans strive, underneath the loutishness, to be liked, while the British care more about being right.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2013

With his cringe-inducing loutishness, Brent was often painful for the viewer to take.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2013

The town-centre fan zones were family-friendly places, free of loutishness.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2011

"I shall tell him so to his face: 'It's loutishness, sir,' I shall say."

From The Party by Garnett, Constance