ungainly

Example Sentences

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At the Park Avenue Armory, Benjamin Millepied’s camera-assisted contemporary version of Prokofiev’s Shakespeare-inspired ballet makes an ungainly patchwork out of the classic tale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Trundling up an ungainly lift to reach a second-story balcony seems like Woody Allen’s hapless bank robber trying to tunnel his way into vaults in “Small Time Crooks.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

I’d collapse one into the other, building a loaded potato so ungainly it should have come with a warning sign.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2025

Sample review: "An ungainly mess, submerged in mayhem, occasionally surfacing for cliches."

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

They're slow and ungainly, tripping over their own feet, tangling in the dense underbrush, dragging themselves along the ground when they can't find their footing.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland