inelegantly

Example Sentences

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They are all flawed, complex and figuring things out, sometimes inelegantly.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

The creature, rather inelegantly named “The Invincible Brush Man” by the Ontario Daily Report, seemed oddly drawn to noisy racetracks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023

But there are tributes and pandering, and a few of those direct lifts are placed within the plot as inelegantly as you can imagine.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2021

I remember inelegantly shoving it into our early introductions, unprompted.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2020

She fished inelegantly in the oilskin pouch and handed him the velvet package.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman