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maladroit

How to use maladroit in a sentence

Truly people here are extraordinarily maladroit in spite of the French wit!

Pacing slowly in her dark garden, Enid Crofton's pulse quickened at the recollection of those maladroit, hungry kisses.

WHAT TIMMY DIDMARIE ADELAIDE BELLOC LOWNDES

Might makes right, often enough in a maladroit fashion, but sometimes it comes as a real blessing.

They swarmed loud, uncouth about the temple, their heads thickplotting under maladroit silk hats.

ULYSSESJAMES JOYCE

That evening Camille drew Rose aside, and asked for an explanation of her "maladroit."

WHITE LIESCHARLES READE

It is a maladroit interpretation that would have Paul cry down James and the Twelve.

But as he was closing the carriage door he was so maladroit as to drop the bouquet; only a single violet remained in his hand.

For a moment the girl appears to have forgotten her purpose, or else she executes it in a manner sufficiently maladroit.

This, it will be seen, is but the emphasizing of the lead already given by the maladroit speech of Mr. Goschen.

Naudé does not neglect to censure Cardan for his maladroit attempts to read the future.

JEROME CARDANWILLIAM GEORGE WATERS

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985