"Churlishly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... away, impatient that her advances should be met so churlishly. Then, swift, malignant, ...
— A Man of Two Countries • Alice Harriman
... and, first extracting from the bundle some tins of meat and a bottle of whiskey, which he placed upon the table, nervously requested the honour of the present company to supper. With the exception of Joe, who churlishly climbed back into his bunk, the men complied, all agreeing that boys of Billy's age should be ...
— Many Cargoes • W.W. Jacobs
... longer abstinence, dispatched a message to the nearest eating-house requiring an immediate supply of boiled beef and greens for two. With this demand, however, the eating-house (having experience of its customer) declined to comply, churlishly sending back for answer that if Mr Swiveller stood in need of beef perhaps he would be so obliging as to come there and eat it, bringing with him, as grace before meat, the amount of a certain small account which had long been outstanding. Not at all intimidated by this rebuff, but rather ...
— The Old Curiosity Shop • Charles Dickens |
