ungainliness
Example Sentences
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He uses the word “representation” here — the representation of ordinary American ungainliness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
Nevertheless, its pig-in-a-python ungainliness contributes to the fascination.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2020
This also means "Nora From Queens" has time to smooth out its relative ungainliness; all of its episodes are funny, but some are noticeably tighter than others.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2020
Frozen 2 doesn’t have its forebear’s ungainliness; in many ways, it’s more efficiently engineered.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2019
For a moment he stood sniffling the morning air like a dog, and then with a light swiftness which gave the lie to his apparent ungainliness, made for the stables.
From The Land of Strong Men by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
