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Six example sentences with boorish, each labelled with its topic.
One boorish passenger reclined into the tray table behind him and argued with the crew for twenty minutes.
Travel
The novel's suitor is deliberately boorish, chewing loudly at dinner and interrupting every woman who tries to speak.
Literature
Talking through the quiet passages struck the rest of the hall as boorish, and ushers moved the group outside.
Music
A boorish customer snapped his fingers at the waiter and complained loudly about every table but his own.
Cooking
One boorish fan heckled the visiting rookie through every free throw until security walked him to the exit.
Basketball
The client's boorish habit of interrupting every presenter mid-sentence made the agency quietly decline the next contract.
Business
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