I felt cloddish — full of bananas, as Frank would say. From Wordnik.com. [The Hotel New Hampshire]
Was this cloddish individual having a joke at his expense?. From Wordnik.com. [Running From The Deity]
Cook's naming choices, perhaps deliberately, are cloddish in comparison. From Wordnik.com. [:Acquired Taste] Reference
He looked cloddish, but it would do until he got some clothes on the outside. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Echo]
What was natural and charming back home city kids found cloddish and laughable. From Wordnik.com. [Cyber Way]
Even more cloddish: Saying what's on your mind, even though you know that your listeners are not interested. From Wordnik.com. [How I Raised My Social Intelligence, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
I held her tightly, not wanting to speak, not wanting to break her happiness with something as cloddish as truth. From Wordnik.com. [Knight of Shadows]
The cases that follow cover the gamut of every genus of murderer; some were brilliant, while others were cloddish. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder] Reference
So now that the cloddish question for the unmarried couples has been asked and answered, let's turn to the married celebrities. From Wordnik.com. [Bella DePaulo: Oprah, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Jessica Lange...Faces of Fear?] Reference
The last such occasion was when the rakish Ronald Reagan replaced the cloddish Jimmy Carter and helped usher in a new era of formality. From Wordnik.com. [Curtains for the Necktie?] Reference
You then have four seconds to give a quick example of how cloddish Mike was (if you need to) before going on to this specific incident. From Wordnik.com. [How To Tell A Story To Friends And Strangers] Reference
We are far too plain and stodgy and conservative and cloddish to ever deserve to be with such marvelous creatures as, well, any other sign. From Wordnik.com. [New Metaphor] Reference
These men may indeed be clods, but they are clods in the sense of blithe social obliviousness rather than one of creepy cloddish lasciviousness. From Wordnik.com. [La di da] Reference
If the FBI was cloddish before the attacks, it remained just as cloddish in the days and weeks afterward, even while operating at a higher tempo. From Wordnik.com. [In the Matter of George W. Bush v. the Constitution] Reference
David Berkowitz, in contrast, went right for the red devil, not just unpredictable but purely mad, a quiet, cloddish man wandering the night streets like a monster. From Wordnik.com. [Grand Fury] Reference
What saves him is the cloddish kitchen clean-up boy, Linguini (Lou Romano), who inadvertently gets credit for creating the magnificent soup that was, in fact, prepared by Remy. From Wordnik.com. [Pixar's Latest: C'est Winner! Say What?] Reference
He appeared to become grosser, -- almost cloddish. From Wordnik.com. [House of the Seven Gables] Reference
St. James's St.eet, seemed to him to have a cloddish air. From Wordnik.com. [Coningsby] Reference
Our thoughts, on the contrary, were fast becoming cloddish. From Wordnik.com. [The Blithedale Romance] Reference
Why does Florence give the cloddish Greenberg so many do-overs?. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
The lumbering "ships of the desert" are not as cloddish as they seem?. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
I genuinely disliked his vaguely cloddish presence as Commissioner Gordon in. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Elsewhere] Reference
It should rather be an expression of his grand unnatural remoteness from the cloddish life. From Wordnik.com. [Crome Yellow] Reference
Nor did their faces look anywise rancorous; but at most, only heavy, cloddish, good-natured, and humane. From Wordnik.com. [Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life] Reference
Raw-boned, angular, cloddish but as strong as a mule, he towered over her in a maddening atmosphere of proprietorship. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Dust] Reference
Jessy interesting piece on the cloddish management of Manuka's Minque who have been forced to make a grovelling apology. From Wordnik.com. [The RiotACT] Reference
Facebook picked a new CFO quietly, after its cloddish public parting with longtime top financial exec Gideon Yu earlier this year. From Wordnik.com. [All Things Digital] Reference
All I know, Horace, is that it is confoundedly dull being without them; these fellows are well enough, but they are cloddish and lumpish. From Wordnik.com. [Oldtown Folks] Reference
There was something awfully entitled about his heft and attitude, the sharp snarl of his eyebrows, the cloddish and imposing frames of his glasses. From Wordnik.com. [News from TV.com] Reference
Even more cloddish: Saying what’s on your mind, even though you know that your listeners are not interested. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Bryan Caplan’s Advice on Social Intelligence:] Reference
"Stiff, fuzzy-looking, cloddish and disastrous in nearly every way. From Wordnik.com. [MovieWeb: News] Reference
Louts for waiters, cloddish louts!. From Wordnik.com. [Ruggles of Red Gap] Reference
Crumpled on Beauty's forehead: cloddish, cold. From Wordnik.com. [The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems] Reference
Two cloddish-looking. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference
"Ridiculous, like any cloddish countryman.". From Wordnik.com. [The Three Black Pennys A Novel] Reference
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