clunky
Example Sentences
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“The Forsytes” is a clunky visual feast, but it’s also a new hot dish in an expanding buffet of eat-the-rich takes that materializes what one imagines a serialized adaptation of Gentlemen’s Quarterly would look like.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
The next best thing was piloting clunky, first-generation drones to get simple aerial shots. and then along came these sci-fi speedsters made of 3D-printed carbon fiber.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Often when shows appear "clunky" or inauthentic, the review suggested, it was because "diversity seems superimposed rather than arising out of the subject".
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
Meta’s Quest headsets were still clunky, and the software looked half-baked.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
She wears the same clunky glasses Violet had on today.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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