ungainliness

Example Sentences

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John’s halting efforts to march his ungainliness into a chaotic world mimic those of anyone who grew accustomed to ordered solitude or preferred it in the first place.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025

The addition of songs, however beguiling, thus winds up emphasizing the play’s ungainliness by adding another unintegrated element and stretching the run time.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Nevertheless, its pig-in-a-python ungainliness contributes to the fascination.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2020

Frozen 2 doesn’t have its forebear’s ungainliness; in many ways, it’s more efficiently engineered.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2019

When the patient is seated and asked to move the foot in different directions, there is a characteristic stiffness, ungainliness, and restriction in the range of movement.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander