clumsiness

Example Sentences

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She spilled Coke on her sari and figured her clumsiness would doom the engagement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Some of this clumsiness is simply the endearing choreography of learning something new.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

A child's personality and behavior may change, and clumsiness or stumbling develops between the ages of five and ten.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

You can find more creativity when you know the territory than when you explore with clumsiness and with no coordinator.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2023

She was the most graceful human the Gallivespian had ever seen; this clumsiness was feigned.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman