gracelessly

Example Sentences

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The second his shift is over, he gracelessly flops over the boards and zones out so dramatically that fans like to joke that he’s haunted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

And yet there’s one bit of fan service that couldn’t land more gracelessly if it were tossed off the cliff on Vormir.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2019

It might get crushed by a heavy stone block or fall gracelessly out of a tree.

From The Verge • Mar. 11, 2018

It was sad to see the storied career of the longest-serving African American in congressional history and an icon of liberal policymaking end so gracelessly.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2017

Queenie laughed so hard she slid gracelessly and painfully from one branch to a lower branch, and tore her coat climbing down.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein