| If you chase someone to repay the tenner you lent them, you look mean-spirited and churlish. |
| All that atmosphere means not to linger over the excellent coffee would be churlish. |
| The churlish response of the anti-noise brigade is sadly only what we have come to expect of them. |
| Eliot's willingness to put aside his Sphinx-like mask may have led him to say too much, but it seems churlish to hold that against him. |
| Fans of studio politics everywhere understand that while Harvey's a boor, Bob is merely churlish, and boors hardly ever stand down for churls. |
| But to blame Boyeson for such a horror show from the Clarets would be churlish, because even a goal down an equaliser never looked on the cards. |
