clunky

Example Sentences

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The Wrap said "at times it betrays its amateur beginnings with clunky plotting."

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

He wears a clunky silver space helmet and holds a rocket in his hands.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

With Viktor Gyokeres in the first half, he was clunky.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Personal computers, which economists credit for a productivity boom starting in the mid-1990s, were initially clunky and took years to become more user-friendly, said Martin Neil Baily, an economist at the Brookings Institution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

I feel clunky and clumsy and slow, and I’m glad for the handrail.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen