clumsy
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Still, the production design has imaginatively askew takes on the mundane: gridded jail cells, plodding space buses, clumsy oxygen suits that shimmy on with a satisfying squeak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
At the same time, Eichacker has grown more appreciative of students who turn in an “honest clumsy response.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Specs represent a big improvement over Snap’s previous models, but they’re still too big and clumsy.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Her active lifestyle at home helped overcome feeling of not being sporty, despite always being "clumsy".
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
His fingers were clumsy with cold, and tying the antlers to his wrists was infuriatingly difficult.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Camille was funnier and weirder and clumsier — and happier.
From Salon ● May 30, 2025
And indeed, in clumsier hands, the episodic humiliations of Less, “this slapstick, ridiculous, zigzagging queer,” might quickly pall.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2022
Another, clumsier layer of cheap varnish was no doubt applied by the thieves.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2022
Some cats are just clumsier than others, and material possessions mean nothing to them.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2018
Then the women and girls, clumsier in their party skirts, climbed down with help from the men.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
But there’s an earnest, yearning passion here that makes the film feel vital even at its clumsiest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
“Eminem hits clunker after clunker on “Revival,” his clumsiest record to date.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2018
The seven-speed Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has a feature called Active Rev Matching, which automatically adjusts the engine’s speed to smooth out your clumsiest shifts—something drivers once had to learn through practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2018
The poor girl tumbled onto the ice as if she were the world’s clumsiest 15-year-old, milliseconds after she had appeared to be the most graceful one.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2014
It was the clumsiest production of physical interaction; the whole thing lasted no more than several seconds.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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