I felt clumsy when I tripped over the rug. From LearnThat.org.
Why would these mishaps have anything to do with Obama and why would someone call her clumsy?. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Clinton nursing fractured elbow] Reference
It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow, and faulty in detail. From Wordnik.com. [As We May Think] Reference
The film lurches forward in clumsy and confusing sequences, with overacting and illogical behavior ruling the roost. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
They're weak and I'm clumsy, which is a terrible, terrible complication. From Wordnik.com. [Japanese Health Care] Reference
A kluge (rhymes with "huge") is defined as a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem. From Wordnik.com. [Faulty Powers] Reference
A distinguishing characteristic of this whole school is what we may call the clumsy-horrible. From Wordnik.com. [Brief History of English and American Literature] Reference
Meir Dagan, for what critics described as a clumsy operation that risked alienating European allies. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
It would be an unbearable burden to be known as the clumsy fool who damaged a priceless work of art. From Wordnik.com. [NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories] Reference
Rather clumsy, that is to say, he is a man of polished manners, but I mean clumsy in a different sense. From Wordnik.com. [Prestuplenie i nakazanie. English] Reference
The good idea gets lost in clumsy writing. From Wordnik.com. [The Solution to Saving the Short Fiction Genre Magazines is...] Reference
All his life Al was kind of clumsy, always having accidents. From Wordnik.com. [He Don't Know Him] Reference
"I'm not that —" strong — "clumsy," Scanlon says to the abyss. From Wordnik.com. [Starfish] Reference
For most people it’s unsightly, complicated, and just plain clumsy. From Wordnik.com. [The death of the URL | FactoryCity] Reference
What an appallingly trendy, clumsy, meaningless title for a Government Department. From Wordnik.com. [Greenery in Whitehall] Reference
But soon he stumbled, feeling a kind of clumsy weakness coursing through his body. From Wordnik.com. [State of fear]
She drew back, a bit nettled by his assumption that she was some kind of clumsy amateur. From Wordnik.com. [Children Of The Night]
There was something so strained in this attitude that it suggested a kind of clumsy affectation. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
Taller, a little larger, he describes himself as "clumsy" in the play but is anything but clumsy. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Karel Bouley: Traces: Cirque of the Street] Reference
So "clumsy" is a feature of bodily performance, in which the intended course of affairs has gone wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
The contraries of "clumsy" seem to include adjectives such as skillful, adroit, agile, graceful, or deft. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
Dr Botha said in a statement the release of some 1300 youthful offenders announced on Monday was "clumsy". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
PAULA: It seems like it, but a recent Fast Company article cited some users describing QR codes as "clumsy". From Wordnik.com. [What Is QR Coding?] Reference
Reconciliation Commission is a "clumsy" damage control exercise, according to court papers filed by the TRC. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Real buggers -- any ten P. I.'s in Peoria -- would never do ANY of these 'clumsy' slapsticks except on purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Cindy Sheehan Bugged in Denver] Reference
For a casual user, this kind of clumsy and ill-considered interference outweighs all the benefits of the service. From Wordnik.com. [An Ongoing Battle] Reference
I felt then a kind of clumsy, fumbling thought approach which was only a feeble pushing, bearing no relation to Eet's. From Wordnik.com. [The Zero Stone]
Cowell found it "clumsy" and predicted she could be in trouble. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
Not as pretty or elegant as the iPhone, kind of clumsy to type on. From Wordnik.com. [RadarOnline.com] Reference
Wrong, thanks to the same kind of clumsy control issues that have plagued previous. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
With a kind of clumsy jubilancy he holds us fast in the ways and language of thick and clogged sense. From Wordnik.com. [Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II.] Reference
He caught up one of her gloves and turned it over and over in his fingers with a kind of clumsy reverence. From Wordnik.com. [Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail] Reference
The first time the coins were dropped on to the table, the movement was not so "clumsy" as might have been supposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life] Reference
He had grown up during the winter and he was now an adult bear -- with a sombre, solemn air and a kind of clumsy skill. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Wilderness] Reference
She gave him her hand, and he took it with a certain clumsy gallantry and raised it to his lips. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Molly of Scotland Yard] Reference
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