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Six example sentences with gauche, each labelled with its topic.
The comedy follows a gauche intern who greets the chief executive with a fist bump at a formal dinner.
Movies
His gauche stage patter between songs made the audience wince, though nobody doubted his talent on the violin.
Music
Asking a new client how much she earns was a gauche opening that cost the consultancy the account.
Business
The new member's gauche joke about the Speaker's tie landed in silence, and colleagues avoided him in the tea room for weeks.
Politics
His gauche habit of interrupting investors mid-question cost the pitch, though the product itself impressed everyone in the room.
Startups
Austen's gauche Mr Collins praises the soup at length, unaware that every guest at the table is wincing.
Literature
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