à gauche

[ a gohsh ]

adverb

, French.

1. on or to the left-hand side.

Example Sentences

In England, though, many fans perceived it as the further desecration of a cornerstone of national culture: a soccer club’s being treated as an investment to be exploited by a gauche American owner.

From New York Times

And then there’s Trump, whose entire biography has been interpreted by some as a campaign against wealthy Manhattan blue bloods and other cultural elites who treated him as a gauche tabloid novelty.

From Slate

His body, in a gauche, unnatural position, cuts diagonally across the page.

From Washington Post

The event was, by all accounts, a gauche display of firework-filled fascism, with commentary from the likes of Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.,

From Salon

Suddenly, she’s transformed from a gauche, stammering naïf into a purposeful warrior conversant with the criminal justice system and capable of public outbursts, crafty lies, and daring enterprises—all for the sake of saving him.

From Slate