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