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.
  • Which leads me to a point, and a rude one, and a good one.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Still, a few of the rude jokes have a grain of truth buried in them.
    Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 4 May 2022
  • On the plus side, Finns are too nice to be rude about it.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Frankly, she's been quite rude about the Bridgertons in the past.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 15 May 2024
  • Calling off plans at the last minute used to be seen as rude.
    Alina Dizik, WSJ, 30 May 2022
  • Well, now most of those kids are rude and out of control.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Can’t wait to hear the nasty, rude remarks from the orange one.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • My problem is that, in one area, I️ can’t help but seem rude.
    Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The angry and the rude folks were her specialty, though.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 Aug. 2021
  • In 1948, four philosophers met in a tea shop to talk about being rude.
    Mary Townsend, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022
  • For a guest to propose adding a guest would, in most cases, be rude.
    Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • At the same time, try not to be rude because no one likes being told what to do.
    Maya Mokh, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2021
  • In fact, emerging from a pandemic, the mart-meet looks in rude health.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Dec. 2022
  • That seemed like a moderately rude thing to say at the time.
    Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 19 July 2024
  • The verdict of viewers online was that the sisters were rude and spoiled.
    John Jurgensen, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2021
  • 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.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • In one sense, of course, the rude economic health of the Brazilian game is welcome.
    New York Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • That was polite – what was about to happen later in the half was much more rude.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
  • These phrases are not in and of themselves rude or vapid.
    Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The rude person on the bus — or the train, or the airplane — has convinced you that ignoring her would be rude.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The Tigers were rude hosts, throttling the Wildcats, 89-75, at Mizzou Arena.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 9 Jan. 2024
  • That is not an excuse for managers to be rude in return.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Season 2 ends with another huge fight, and Mary is rude and sort of racist again.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Feb. 2022
  • My manager, the person who hired me, was hostile and rude to me three times in one day.
    Roxane Gay, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The son was rude, the teacher said, asking pointed questions in class.
    Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2021
  • The bot would start off an interaction sounding empathetic but could turn sassy or rude during long exchanges.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
  • My mother, on the other hand, is very careful with money but came from a family and culture where it was considered rude and unnecessary to talk about finances in public, especially with children.
    R29 Team, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2024

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