Example Sentences

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Purely as entertainment, it is inert; the story, about a family in mourning, features histrionics worthy of grand opera and a level of rudeness that could peel paint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Their work looks at themes including "the constructed self through the lens of rudeness" and rudeboy culture, a Jamaican subculture.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

“While rudeness has always existed, the sheer opportunity for rudeness has increased significantly,” Dyas wrote.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

If you must talk for half an hour on your phone, please go outside and do it while walking or go back home; you are disturbing everyone around you with your rudeness.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023

But to ask would have fallen into the category of rudeness.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry