cloddish

Example Sentences

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Less attractively, it’s also a bit cloddish and tame, falling into that unsatisfying category of children’s entertainment that seems to be styled in accordance with the tastes of old people.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Mitch’s cloddish rejection of her is all the more devastating after all that she has courageously bared to him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

There’s the cloddish desperation of the strategy, summed up by its designer.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2020

In Gallipoli, Connor meets another cloddish British officer and forms a manly friendship with a wise Turkish army officer.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2015

He picked up Fujiko’s bamboo flute, turned it over twice in his hands—small hands for such a thick, cloddish man—then set it on the dining room table.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson