Her colour was very warm, and she was gawkily excited. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
Like hundreds of devotees before me, I posed, as gawkily as possible. From Wordnik.com. [TwiTrip to Manchester – the verdict] Reference
He stood tall and thin in a gray robe, broad-chested but wasp-waisted, a frame that ought to have moved gawkily but instead flowed. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
And a lanky young fellow, with hands like ploughshares and a face confusion-red at his own good deed, gawkily detached himself and stepped out. From Wordnik.com. [Ultima Thule] Reference
Quite literally so, at least for those of us not exactly youthful but still gawkily young at thought: How mortifying it would be if someone discovered the banal marginalia scrawled in my books!. From Wordnik.com. [Sontag on Sontag] Reference
Ten months to the day that he caught an outlet pass in the lane, pushed off his left leg to attempt a layup, grimaced and dropped gawkily to the floor, Josh Howard was back on the same court, facing the same team. From Wordnik.com. [Healthy Josh Howard rises to Wizards' defense] Reference
He dropped down by her and patted her wrist gawkily. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
Behind her a few steps followed the old doctor, staring and stumbling gawkily around. From Wordnik.com. [One Week an Editor] Reference
The gawkily-kooky drug addict who talked ten to the dozen, wore Dennis Taylor specs …. From Wordnik.com. [Press Gazette Latest News] Reference
Mitchell's immediate problem, or in truth Diane's, is Alex, a gawkily charming rent boy. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
And he did his best to smile, and went off gawkily with the collar and came back with a linen one. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
Oh if there had ever been a thing to cry about it was being so consciously and gawkily below the handsomest offers any one could ever have received. From Wordnik.com. [What Maisie Knew] Reference
Last year, the Congress for Defence of the People forces led by General Laurent Nkunda advanced gawkily, pushing out the Congolese government forces in a bid to protect the Banyamulenge (Tutsi) populace. From Wordnik.com. [[unknown placeholder $my.siteName$]] Reference
The town boasted a place that openly receives travelers, but its two canvas cots and its rafters were already occupied by several snobbish and gawkily dressed young natives bound from the north coast to the capital. From Wordnik.com. [Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond] Reference
Just inside the door, there's a lobby where people can stand, gawkily sipping their wine glasses and staring at the basketball game on the TV, until they're offered either a spot at the granite-topped bar, face to face with the cooks, or pressed between other diners at communal six-top tables. From Wordnik.com. [SF Weekly | Complete Issue] Reference
"Well," he pursued gawkily, though he perceived her drift clearly, "here. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Jim scraped his feet along the floor gawkily and mumbled: "Well, I suppose I'd better tell you. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
Abhishek's character is somewhat gawkily handled. From Wordnik.com. [rediff.com] Reference
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