How to Use rude in a Sentence

rude

adjective
  • I can't believe that he was so rude to me.
  • I heard someone make a rude noise.
  • I was shocked by her rude behavior.
  • Which leads me to a point, and a rude one, and a good one.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Still, a few of the rude jokes have a grain of truth buried in them.
    Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 4 May 2022
  • On the plus side, Finns are too nice to be rude about it.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Frankly, she's been quite rude about the Bridgertons in the past.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 15 May 2024
  • Calling off plans at the last minute used to be seen as rude.
    Alina Dizik, WSJ, 30 May 2022
  • Well, now most of those kids are rude and out of control.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Can’t wait to hear the nasty, rude remarks from the orange one.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The injury is a rude capper to his best month as a pro.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 1 May 2021
  • My problem is that, in one area, I️ can’t help but seem rude.
    Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The angry and the rude folks were her specialty, though.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 Aug. 2021
  • In 1948, four philosophers met in a tea shop to talk about being rude.
    Mary Townsend, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022
  • For a guest to propose adding a guest would, in most cases, be rude.
    Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • At the same time, try not to be rude because no one likes being told what to do.
    Maya Mokh, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2021
  • In fact, emerging from a pandemic, the mart-meet looks in rude health.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Dec. 2022
  • People might give you looks or are rude or ask where your name is from.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The quarters was a little sort of street of rude shanties, in a row, in a part of the plantation, far off from the house.
    Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 14 June 2021
  • That seemed like a moderately rude thing to say at the time.
    Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 19 July 2024
  • The verdict of viewers online was that the sisters were rude and spoiled.
    John Jurgensen, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Putting your feet up Over two-thirds of travelers said that putting your feet against the back of the seat in front of you is rude.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • In one sense, of course, the rude economic health of the Brazilian game is welcome.
    New York Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • That was polite – what was about to happen later in the half was much more rude.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The lunar eclipse is a rude awakening that’s meant to align us with our truest path in life.
    Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 1 May 2021
  • These phrases are not in and of themselves rude or vapid.
    Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Some seem to want to dine out for the sheer joy of being rude to someone who’s unable to respond.
    Georgia Garvey, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2021
  • The rude person on the bus — or the train, or the airplane — has convinced you that ignoring her would be rude.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, it can be considered rude to show up without having confirmed your dish with the host or group.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
  • When children are having a hard time, screaming, stomping, or being rude and talking back, your reflex may be to yell, scold, try to control, or shame them.
    Tovah P. Klein, Contributor, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024

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