How To Use Churlish In A Sentence

“And now, Sir John de Walton,” he said, “methinks you are a little churlish in not ordering me some breakfast, after I have been all night engaged in your affairs; and a cup of muscadel would, I think, be no bad induction to a full consideration of this perplexed matter.” Castle Dangerous
I ejaculated mentally , " you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality.
It seems churlish to quibble over the fact that there is no lamb.
Today's pop quiz is in honor of an actress for whom I once had precious little respect and whose casting over any number of other performers got me feeling dischuffed to the point of, if not beyond, churlishness until one day I found myself inexplicably fond of her and ashamed of my earlier thuggish disrespect. Who Goes There - Pop Quiz
Works so hard that it always seems a little churlish to criticise. Times, Sunday Times

The only prize a churlish young whelp like you should get is a good hiding!
Kids today are rude, surly and churlish - but not ours any more.
I ejaculated mentally , " you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality.
It would be churlish to note the disparity between Spark's fastidious energy and the pedestrianism of this book, were the disparity not so glaring.
You heard about feminists and their arguments, and maybe they sounded "shrill" or "churlish" or "bitchy" to your patriarchally-attuned ears. "I'm not that!"
But it seems rather churlish to criticise a president for lacking vision and then to ridicule him when he tries to be visionary.
As with anyone who appears on television by choice, it would be churlish not to own up to at least a soupçon of vanity.
It seems churlish to criticise referees, but his second half performance had to be seen to be believed.
I truly believe “it’s the thought that counts”, and think it’s the worst kind of churlishness to resent any sincere gift, no matter what it is. Lean Left » Blog Archive » The Airing of Grievances: Last of the Year (I Hope)
Maybe it is churlish to cling to the belief that really, as in horse racing, the best seasons see thoroughbred quality separate itself from the throng. Times, Sunday Times
He would not offer a churlish roof to his visitors.
Fans of studio politics everywhere understand that while Harvey's a boor, Bob is merely churlish, and boors hardly ever stand down for churls.
If so, it might be churlish to point it out, lest you make them feel awkward. Times, Sunday Times
It seemed equally churlish to point out that all good things come to an end. Times, Sunday Times
As a professor, it would be the height of churlishness to complain about such industrious habits.
It seems churlish to criticise this, but it can hardly be considered best. Times, Sunday Times
It would have been more than churlish to complain - besides, it gives us a great excuse to return. Times, Sunday Times
Rory's churlishness doesn't keep his family from rushing to his hospital bedside, however.
I think it would be churlish to criticise the efforts that have been made around the globe to help.
If you chase someone to repay the tenner you lent them, you look mean-spirited and churlish.
But he was well requited by Faustus, even with the like payment: for he said to him, "Thou dotish clown, void of all humanity, seeing thou art of so churlish a disposition, I will pay thee as thou hast deserved, for the four wheels of thy waggon thou shalt have taken from thee; let me see then how thou canst shift. Mediaeval Tales
Back at Balbirnie, it seemed churlish to forego afternoon tea.
If so, it might be churlish to point it out, lest you make them feel awkward. Times, Sunday Times
The parents of these churlish, raffish youths should be held responsible.
It would surely be churlish to deny that this was a start.
E. B. DuBois, who explained it as the inevitable consequence of forced labor: All observers spoke of the fact that the slaves were slow and churlish; that they wasted material and malingered at their work. A Renegade History of the United States
Being pampered, of course, is one of the main reasons why people book into luxury hotels, and it would be churlish to resent it.
He would not offer a churlish roof to his visitors.
It would be churlish to criticise. The Sun
She was offering them cups of tea and it was churlish to refuse.
The churlish response of the anti-noise brigade is sadly only what we have come to expect of them.
Being pampered, of course, is one of the main reasons why people book into luxury hotels, and it would be churlish to resent it.
My father, however, is a proud man, a gallant knight and tried soldier of the oldest blood, to whom this man's churlish birth and low descent ---- Oh, lackaday! The White Company
My father, however, is a proud man, a gallant knight and tried soldier of the oldest blood, to whom this man's churlish birth and low descent -- -- Oh, lackaday! The White Company
He would not offer a churlish roof to his visitors.
All that atmosphere means not to linger over the excellent coffee would be churlish.
The great champion of New York starchitecture happens to not like the term, which he calls a portmanteau for the “churlish.” The 100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate
Press_, where the peer and the commoner, the priest and the alderman, the friar and the swaddler, [2] can stretch themselves at full length, provided they be not too churlish, let us laugh at those who breed useless quarrels, and set to the world the bright example of toleration and benevolence. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell
Such thronging to the wicket, and such churlish answers, and such bare beef-bones, such a shouldering at the buttery-hatch and cellarage, and nought to be gained beyond small insufficient single ale, or at best with a single straike of malt to counterbalance a double allowance of water — “By the mass, though, my young friend,” said he, while he saw the food disappearing fast under The Abbot
The Fry Chronicles" is so slickly charming it seems churlish to harrumph, so I'll merely take a page out of Mr. Fry's book to comment that his compilation of crotchets can be both compelling and cockamamie. True Tales of a Happy Hypocrite
Yet given the fact that this headbanger's journey comes complete with a virtually non-stop metal soundtrack and is clearly a one-sided argument, it seems churlish to pretend that it was made for anyone but the die-hard metal brigade.
Throughout his life Watson's conduct was unpleasant and churlish.
It would be churlish to refuse, so he downs one, then another, then another.
I never expected to have something friends kept telling me to great churlishness on my part I would inevitably experience at this occasion: fun. Erica Heller: The Catch-22 of Book Readings, The Taste of Mackerel
Eliot's willingness to put aside his Sphinx-like mask may have led him to say too much, but it seems churlish to hold that against him.
It is childishness, Zoo, but I think a better descriptor would be "churlishness". bit is a little cantankerous today. Think Progress
She would think him churlish if he refused.
It is the audacity with which they conduct themselves, their churlishness, which is so intolerable. Why Is The Taliban Being Imposed On Tribal Areas?
The empirical basis of his work is sound and it would be churlish to complain of the absence of any overarching theory.
The man who dwells for long periods face to face with the bitter truths of life learns so to distrust a fleeting moment of joy, gives habitually so cold a reception to the tardy messenger of delight, that, when the bright guest outdares his churlishness and perforce tarries with him, there ensues a passionate revulsion unknown to hearts which open readily to every fluttering illusive bliss. The Unclassed
First, I want to dissociate myself from what I thought were some slightly churlish comments made by a member whose words I usually listen to extremely closely.
It seems churlish to criticise this, but it can hardly be considered best. Times, Sunday Times
I ejaculated mentally , " you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality.
Still, it would be churlish to complain. Times, Sunday Times
The stage is bare and empty, it looks like a typical display of Volksbühne churlishness, ingeniousness and fractiousness.
If somebody wishes to indulge in a bit of figging but then muses publically on what on earth the origins of the word might be, it would be churlish of me not to enlighten them. The Big Philosophical Question
Still, having waited many years to be a success, he knows it would be churlish to complain. Times, Sunday Times
Still, having waited many years to be a success, he knows it would be churlish to complain. Times, Sunday Times
-- This is indeed a weakness; but it is a weakness of nature, and which neither religion nor philosophy are sufficient to arm us against; and the very endeavours we make to banish, or at least to conceal our disquiets on this score, occasion a certain peevishness in the sweetest temper, and make us behave with a kind of churlishness, even to those most dear to us. Life's Progress Through The Passions Or, The Adventures of Natura
Be as churlish as you list -- I never quarrel with my customers -- my jerry come tumbles, my merry dancers, my little playfellows, as Jacques Butcher says to his lambs -- those in fine, who, like your seigniorship, have H.E. M.P. written on their foreheads. Quentin Durward
They invited me to dinner and I thought it would be churlish to refuse.
Undoubtedly, if you're feeling churlish. Times, Sunday Times
Once you turn 30, if you chase someone to repay the tenner you lent them, you look mean-spirited and churlish.
The next flaw feels churlish to mention, but it is important. Times, Sunday Times
Only the churlish would point out it was about 33,000 more than their normal crowd. Times, Sunday Times
Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, the seasons 'difference, as the icy fang and churlish chiding of the winter's wind, which, when it bites and blows upon my body, even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say this is no flattery: these are counsellors that feelingly persuade me what I am. Whatever the Fuck You Want
It would be churlish, of course, to point out that the school is closed and young marrieds will never be able to live in the village, so we may never hear children playing in the dale again.
I feel a little churlish raising this because they were certainly an enjoyable pair to watch and undoubtedly gave everything to achieve really bravura performances.
And none of the priests actually seems to be a dirty rotten scoundrel - most of them seem to be more bumpkinish rather than churlish.
This remark would inevitably have been construed into another instance of that churlishness which is so often said (though quite erroneously) to have been one of Tennyson’s infirmities. Old Familiar Faces
I ejaculated mentally , " you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality.
Undoubtedly, if you're feeling churlish. Times, Sunday Times
Back at Balbirnie, it seemed churlish to forego afternoon tea.
It'seems churlish to refuse such a generous offer.
She wanted to do it and it would have been very churlish to say no. Times, Sunday Times
Since he has generously provided a reply-paid envelope it seemed churlish not to complete it.
Thanks to our efforts, wild animals now have more space to roam You have to ask yourself what kind of churlishness would say that is a bad thing. ANC Daily News Briefing
Works so hard that it always seems a little churlish to criticise. Times, Sunday Times
We would prefer that the kill had been achieved without putting British lives at risk in antiquated aircraft, but now is not the time to be churlish. Me like...
My mother looks at Dad and raises her eyebrows at my infinite churlishness.
It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer.
It'seems churlish to refuse such a generous offer.
It would have been more than churlish to complain - besides, it gives us a great excuse to return. Times, Sunday Times
Confederacy, and he would have been supported by earnest and enduring enthusiasm, instead of by that churlish sufferance which is the result of Coningsby
Every year, it churns out yet another batch of churlish, abrupt or simply stupid workers who take a giant leap and land directly behind a counter or bar at a service area near you.
It would be churlish to refuse you.
The first, the retort courteous; the second, the quip modest; the third, the reply churlish; the fourth, the reproof valiant; the fifth, the countercheck quarrelsome; the sixth, the lie with circumstance; the seventh, the lie direct. Act V. Scene IV. As You Like It
It just seems churlish for a writer to refuse to have their music used on an advert.
It'seems churlish to refuse such a generous offer.
The room was so lovely it seemed churlish to argue.
Now that I've had time to think about it, I feel pretty churlish about my reaction to Gale's happy news.
We have churlishness, we have brutality, we have rape. Sam-Who-Likes-Nothing - The Stars My Destination at SF Novelists
You have to ask yourself what kind of churlishness would say that is a bad thing. ANC Daily News Briefing
The room was so lovely it seemed churlish to argue.
the store owner treated his customers churlishly
Still, it would be churlish to complain. Times, Sunday Times
It'seemed churlish to refuse his invitation.
With respect to men in other stations of life he is pleased to say, it is decent for a priest "to be sober and sad;" "a judge to be incorrupted, solitary, and unacquainted with courtiers or courtly entertainments ... without plait or wrinkle, sour in look and churlish in speech; contrariwise a courtly gentleman to be lofty and curious in countenance, yet sometimes a creeper and a curry favell with his superiors. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
It's a timeless display of good-time rock 'n' roll, and you'd have to be a churlish misery guts to claim otherwise.
General Savage, an elderly gourmet, a ventripotent Apicins, an epicurian Heliogabalus, very cynical, and awfully churlish, thought that the pill, despite of its gilding, was too bitter to swallow
churlish as a bear
It is a record only the most churlish, or those with almost impossibly high expectations, could deem anything less than laudable.
Only the churlish or cloth-eared could deny this music's uplifting qualities.
Given many people's trauma, it would be churlish to complain. Times, Sunday Times
This dispelled my churlishness and the rest of the route through the grounds and lovely farmland was much enjoyed.
Of course, it would be churlish not to marvel at the fantastic performance of Tiger Woods.
But it would be somewhat churlish to focus too directly on the failures of the season.
Only the churlish would point out it was about 33,000 more than their normal crowd. Times, Sunday Times
She offered them cups of tea and it seemed churlish to refuse.
When we told him there wasn't a trace of Tracey our cabby was being a touch churlish, as Ms. Emin is a native who really put Margate on the map, or of Mr. Hirst in the opening exhibition, he expressed surprise—and a little contrarian pleasure. An Eruption in Margate
It'seemed churlish to refuse his invitation.
It also happened that Poulenc turned out one of the greatest melodists of all time, and it seems churlish to complain when he keeps hitting you with ‘A’ material.
It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer.
But it would be churlish to be too critical following a good day's work.
The parents of these churlish, raffish youths should be held responsible.
The suitors, for good measure, also violate the code associated with feasting in other ways - by mistreating the servants in Odysseus's palace, and by their churlish treatment of Odysseus in disguise as a suppliant beggar.
The next flaw feels churlish to mention, but it is important. Times, Sunday Times
As soon as we are persuaded that we are lucky to be alive, the thought of complaining about quality of life becomes churlish, ungrateful.
If I have any churlish feelings at all about this new production, it is a sense of envy: it doesn't seem fair for them to be paid to have so much fun.
It seemed equally churlish to point out that all good things come to an end. Times, Sunday Times
Preacher by his life to giue good example, a Iudge to be incorrupted, solitarie and vnacqainted with Courtiers or Courtly entertainements, & as the Philosopher saith _Oportet iudicem esse rudem & simplicem_, without plaite or wrinkle, sower in looke and churlish in speach, contrariwise a The Arte of English Poesie
I guess one should not be churlish about soft journalism; it does its bit to spread happiness and light.
It would be churlish to criticise. The Sun
Given many people's trauma, it would be churlish to complain. Times, Sunday Times

How To Use Churlish In A Sentence

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