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.
  • There’s even a rude girl named Manon.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But no, the friend is not being rude.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Your neighbors may even call you rude.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But, in fact, that's, first of all, very rude of me to think.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Brock isn’t being rude — far from it.
    — Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • Still, a few of the rude jokes have a grain of truth buried in them.
    — Beth Thames | [email protected], al, 4 May 2022
  • Calling off plans at the last minute used to be seen as rude.
    — Alina Dizik, WSJ, 30 May 2022
  • People might give you looks or are rude or ask where your name is from.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2021
  • There’s a way to do this without being rude.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
  • His father calls me rude names and fights with my fiance.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Killing him off would honestly be so rude at this point.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
  • What this couple is doing is rude.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • The strength of your answer doesn’t require you to be rude.
    — John Richardson attia Qureshi, CNBC, 22 May 2026
  • Frankly, she's been quite rude about the Bridgertons in the past.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 15 May 2024
  • 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
  • For a guest to propose adding a guest would, in most cases, be rude.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • This is amazingly rude, but still sayable.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Even a bit rude and dismissive?
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Even a bit rude and dismissive?
    — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Crossing the street or scooting away, even briefly, seemed kind of rude.
    — Leslie Barker, Dallas News, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Airbnb won’t survive if too many of its rooms come with bedbugs and rude hosts.
    — Scott Canon, kansascity.com, 29 May 2017
  • But there are also things that are just kind of, 'Well, that’s rude.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But there are also things that are just kind of, 'Well, that’s rude.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But there are also things that are just kind of, 'Well, that’s rude.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
  • So people said [rude gesture], and have seen it more than once, like me.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
  • 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

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