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unwieldiness







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Some of the play’s unwieldiness can be attributed to the nature of the meetings themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2025

But the “women stick together” turn tightened up a show whose unwieldiness stymied its ability to efficiently deploy the usual hero, villain and loser edits without its fakery showing.

From Salon Dec. 8, 2023

Its unwieldiness is an apt metaphor for memoirist Barbra Streisand, who has tried to control everything since she became a star at 19.

From Seattle Times Nov. 24, 2023

But Kanneh-Mason could also be a bit of a ham, his extremities of expression sometimes tipping into an unwieldiness that, as he maintained the overall shape of a phrase, sacrificed intonation along the way.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2021

Thus John Simon, referring to Mrs. Siddons' unwieldiness in her old age, said that in a certain part she had to be helped from her knees by two attendants.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 by Various




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