klutz

Example Sentences

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Yiddish, the language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews across Europe before the Holocaust, is now perhaps best known to many English speakers through words such as "schlep", "klutz" and "chutzpah".

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

She brought up President Ford, who once tripped and was forever branded a klutz, thanks in part to a “Saturday Night Live” skit.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023

That’s great, but it won’t be appreciated by anyone who isn’t a klutz, an adventurer, or an adventurous klutz.

From The Verge • Aug. 18, 2022

The people are gone, but their words remain: klutz, kvel, mensch.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2018

Frank Zhang: lumbering klutz, child of Mars, part-time pachyderm.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan