clumsily
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"On the day of the launch I stepped out of my motel room and clumsily walked into a tall gentleman," Gethings recalled.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Unlike Alice, Bryan is the audience stand-in: the average guy who responds to a mind-boggling, impossible situation as clumsily as you or I might.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Rothko, meanwhile, also painted bathers—a little clumsily, like Cezanne’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
We’re forced to hear endless snippets of it, too, although the full lyrics are saved for the end when we discover that one of songwriters clumsily shoved in the word “albatross.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Panting, Kingshaw pulled him round clumsily, and managed to get him half on to the bank.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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