graceless

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It’s still an expansive saga, though a graceless opening had this viewer pining for the 2024 French version with Pierre Niney as Edmond Dantès.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The musical, first staged in 1959, is loosely based on “The Princess and the Pea” fairy tale; Foster plays Princess Winnifred, a graceless minor royal who is a possible bride for a local prince.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

But a graceless end should not obscure DiFi’s shining accomplishments and her place in American history.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2023

The new courthouse, despite its graceless tower, became Ritchie’s calling card.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

“And what do you know? You are too young: you smell of your mother’s milk. You have the bumptious, graceless confidence of the recently born.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell