How to Use boorish in a Sentence

boorish

adjective

• Don’t let the grave stop you from harassing a boorish in-law.
  — Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2021
• No one ever stopped to think that this was boorish and thoughtless.
  — Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2022
• And frankly, who even has time anymore to care about the boorish conduct of politicians?
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 29 June 2017
• The Philly football fans can be boorish and annoying when their team isn’t good.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2023
• But some of Herman’s repertoire, frankly, can seem a bit contrived and boorish.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2017
• Oswald, 24, an odd and boorish man, stayed downtown in a rooming house.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2017
• Its boorish schlubs are just trying to hang on to tiny bits of power, pride and lunch in a world of bosses and cartoon bullies.
  — New York Times, 6 July 2021
• He is portrayed as an ill-mannered and boorish usurper.
  — Zenger News, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• The shouting and other boorish behavior was one-sided and the guilty party was Trump.
  — Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
• The scowling, boorish photo of 32-year-old relief pitcher Jared Hughes could not be further from the truth.
  — Adam Baum, Cincinnati.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Then a noisy, boorish and very large American family invades the beach.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 5 Sep. 2021
• Gillibrand was long accustomed to the boorish behavior of some of her male colleagues.
  — Jason Zengerle, GQ, 17 Apr. 2018
• Busch’s racing rap sheet reads like that of a true villain: the fistfight with Joey Logano, getting black-flagged in the Truck Series, and a history of boorish comments and fits of rage.
  — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 11 Apr. 2018
• In past videos, Crowder has donned makeup to perform as a Black activist and a boorish caricature of an Asian man.
  — Mark Bergen, Bloomberg.com, 12 Oct. 2020
• Yes, their Hemingway is still boorish and violent (and racist and sexist).
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2021
• In other words, the end to DeSantis’ boorish, charisma-free performance on the campaign trail would be a public health boon.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• After 18 years of boorish behavior from Sarver, that’s the most likely path to new ownership in Phoenix.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022
• In the gentleman’s game, a guy who doesn’t check off all of the boxes — smiling, backslapping, glad handing, hanging out with the boys — is considered boorish and bad for the game.
  — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2018
• Yet the Tour chose to let the feud fester rather than risk energizing a boorish spectator element for two days.
  — Eamon Lynch, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2021
• So far, his boorish behavior has gotten him suspended four times from Twitch and banned three times from Twitter.
  — Trevor Quirk, Wired, 15 Jan. 2020
• All but a handful lamented the disrespect displayed — and the irony of a music awards show that has to compete with so many boorish audience members to be heard.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
• Others are from people who did not attend but were no less appalled, and outraged, that such boorish behavior took place at the expense of so many.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2023
• For the third time in a month, a team has made national news for tarnishing youth tournaments with boorish behavior.
  — John Smallwood, Philly.com, 8 Aug. 2017
• The Cowboys aren’t the only franchise in the NFL that looks for ways to accept boorish or troubling behavior if a player is talented enough.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2020
• At this point, anyone who thinks Trump has put on a boorish act to hide his evil genius is totally wrong — no genius detected, just evil.
  — Elly Belle, refinery29.com, 20 Dec. 2020
• For the last fortnight, Trump has presented himself to the world as the caricature of the ugly American: loud, boorish and ill-informed.
  — Dana Milbank, chicagotribune.com, 3 June 2017
• If base wages were higher, the thinking goes, restaurant workers would be more likely to reject boorish behavior even at the risk of losing tips.
  — Fatima Hussein, Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2018
• Such boorish and crazed behavior does nothing positive for one’s cause, but serves to turn people against it instead.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 12 May 2024
• Depp is far from the only star who has behaved in an entitled, boorish or profligate manner.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 31 May 2022
• The pandemic and the boorish political and public discourse that followed drove us inward, unable to fight back, going nuts like poor Vanya.
  — Jon Robin Baitz, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024