An inexpertly constructed lean-to. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He began to swim, inexpertly. away from the houseboat. From Wordnik.com. [The Key to Rebecca]
He said, "You can hear it's been edited, but inexpertly.". From Wordnik.com. [In the Presence of the Enemy]
String and wind instruments were being played inexpertly. From Wordnik.com. [La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth] Reference
The sound of the inexpertly blown conch interrupted them. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Flies]
I do use actual wrapping paper, but it's inexpertly applied. From Wordnik.com. [Did the Magi have Scotch tape?] Reference
He opened one of the books and searched inexpertly through it. From Wordnik.com. [George Orwell, writing against abortion] Reference
This time I went on skis, shuffling along inexpertly up the slope. From Wordnik.com. [Slay Ride]
She flung the makeshift rope inexpertly towards the sink - ing albino. From Wordnik.com. [The Weird of the White Wolf]
What Bengali dish is being made (rather inexpertly) in the picture below?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
Imagine it tattered and typed quite inexpertly on a manual typewriter.date. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the slush heap.] Reference
The beard is gone and he has inexpertly moussed his hair and fluffed it up. From Wordnik.com. [Who Do You Say I Am] Reference
She was yanking inexpertly at a large knot when the dreadful thing happened. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
Desmond Skeps … A hypodermic needle and several syringes, inexpertly wielded. From Wordnik.com. [TOO MANY MURDERS] Reference
Discovering his longstanding psychic hurts, Sukey tried inexpertly to drain them. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Torc]
I'd had the same feeling myself, when my own apartment had been inexpertly tossed. From Wordnik.com. [The Burglar On The Prowl]
Tess surrendered her grip on the hair and patted her captive, somewhat inexpertly. From Wordnik.com. [In a Strange City]
The twins lay, inexpertly tied up, and the tribe watched Ralph to see what he would do. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Flies]
Oh, and the word for which you were so inexpertly groping in that quote is “idyllic.”. From Wordnik.com. [Why are only queer rights on the chopping block?] Reference
Above comment was me inexpertly mashing the keyboard and pressing return a little eagerly!. From Wordnik.com. [Salford Oppositions: Crying Wolf Over Snouts in Troughs?] Reference
Shouldn't he have been drinking cider or fumbling inexpertly, (with someone, if possible)?. From Wordnik.com. [Bugs Blair......that's all folks!] Reference
Her make up was thick as usual, and inexpertly applied, too much being the order of the day. From Wordnik.com. [two women]
"Now," Taim said, and Rand felt Damer seize saidin, saw him inexpertly weave Fire and Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
It was certainly there, a shaft of animal magnetism like a searchlight held inexpertly by a child. From Wordnik.com. [More Work for the Undertaker]
The Canon continued his ministrations quietly and inexpertly, making a considerable mess of himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
Her hair longer than it was now, inexpertly streaked and slightly tangled in the warm evening breeze. From Wordnik.com. [Master of Pleasure]
She came blinking a little in the brighter light, her feet not quite steady, her hair inexpertly combed. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
An even cheaper wind-up wrist watch, its band inexpertly repaired with wire, had been found on the left wrist. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
The lining consisted of the synthetic material left from his tattered work shipsuit, inexpertly stitched in place. From Wordnik.com. [Fall of Angels]
Although not a gemstone, it had been inexpertly carved to represent a reticent turtle with its head inside its shell. From Wordnik.com. [River Of Desire]
Intermittently she struggled against his restraint, trying inexpertly to lure him on, and that made him want her more. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Come Back]
The blade flashed inexpertly in his hand, as though he'd used it for nothing but shaving-and didn't even need it for that. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons at War]
He embraced her inexpertly, wavering between impetuosity and shyness of this transformed being, and quaked at the contact. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Novice]
But when he demanded his bag be filled with money ( "This is a ransom," he inexpertly declared), the teller sensed a neophyte. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Dimond: An Antidote for Bank Robbery] Reference
Buffaloes are gentle creatures, but if roughly or inexpertly handled they can, through fear or pain, become completely unmanageable. From Wordnik.com. [1 Introduction] Reference
It was a narrow thong ofbraided leather, maybe ten inches long, with a dozen multicolored glass beads inexpertly strung in the center. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Blood]
It was made of a piece of an old waterproof tacked together inexpertly by someone who understood nothing about sewing save the principle. From Wordnik.com. [More Work for the Undertaker]
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