ungainliness
Example Sentences
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Giving comedian Ayo Edebiri ample screen time in the balance helps to mitigate some of the subplot's situational ungainliness; besides, this subplot adds some perspective to Emily's personal conundrum.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2021
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
Moments like that help me understand why “God Said This” received the Yale Drama Series Prize last year despite its ungainliness.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2019
Now the ungainliness of his deformity was hidden, and his height was greater than that of his companion, obliging her to look up at him.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet