clownishness
Example Sentences
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With his latest, “Kontinental ’25,” Jude — who also put out a coarsely wacky version of “Dracula” last year — shifts away from clownishness and toward a sterner register of concern for society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
His efforts to be a terrifying figure are routinely undercut by his clownishness.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2025
The problem with evil clowns is that it’s the clownishness, not the evil, they soon shed.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
Goals at the other end have declined, too, by about a third, but that’s a small price to pay if it lessens the embarrassing clownishness at the back.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2020
Heathcliff, himself as great a boor at twenty, contrived to rub off his clownishness in order to revenge himself upon his enemies; Catharine Linton's love inspired Hareton to as great an effort.
From Emily Brontë by A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
