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Sentence count:207+4Posted:2016-11-03Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: awkwardcumbersomeungainlyungracefulAntonym: cleverdexterousskillfulSimilar words: circumspectcircumstanceglumplumpvolumecolumnclueluminaryMeaning: ['klʌmzɪ]  adj. 1. lacking grace in movement or posture 2. not elegant or graceful in expression 3. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape 4. showing lack of skill or aptitude. 
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61. It should, however, be enough to say that the Enigma machine looked like a large, clumsy, old-fashioned typewriter.
62. Labour's agnostic compromise was too clumsy and seemed more like cynical calculation to voters.
63. Then the ministry came under attack for its clumsy handling of huge bond-trading losses at the New York branch of Daiwa Bank.
64. Donna turned as Ryker came at her, avoiding his clumsy attempts to grab her.
65. His tiny feet in their clumsy boots came down tippy-toe, pushed against the floor, and floated upward again.
66. Andrew made a clumsy attempt to kiss her, but she pushed him away.
67. Some swine had bashed the offside rear three-quarter in a very clumsy attempt to park behind me.
68. He fastened the dress with clumsy fingers, for a moment hating himself.
69. Later in the course of the disease, people may develop clumsy gait, memory loss and speech difficulties.
70. The resulting pattern was very disappointing, it looked heavy and clumsy.
71. A daring and devious regicide or merely a clumsy archer?
72. And besides he repels me, so clumsy and big with his cat eyes.
73. He was clumsy, not yet a flyer, but already a good hopper.
74. But of course he had, and my clumsy attempt to avoid detection only served to make the retribution fiercer.
75. The use of two separate screens evades this problem but produces a clumsy and inconvenient solution.
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76. Lewis bided his time in the second round, but his opportunity came when Grant stumbled forward after a clumsy lunge.
77. Writing is downgraded as if it is a clumsy substitute for more efficient means of preserving data and the findings or conclusions.
78. His mouth quivered, and then with a blind, clumsy movement they put their arms round each other.
79. The principles apply equally to inconstant traits, but are more clumsy to express.
80. It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings.
81. Small birds fell at my feet wherever, in my clumsy fashion, I trod.
82. And I had always felt clumsy because the giving of cash in my own culture is tainted.
83. In his clumsy, fumbling way he needed to say sorry for what had happened at the club the night before.
84. It looked rather clumsy but, when I swung it, it felt quite light.
85. You clumsy idiot! Look what you've done to my car.
86. They were clumsy to use, the striking surface barely adequate.
87. It was like watching a clumsy remake of an old movie.
88. Her big-boned body felt clumsy and she placed the tray on the coffee table with a loud clatter.
89. We can be trite or clumsy in our choice of words, but the strength of feeling is adequately conveyed.
90. She began to dress, cold clumsy fingers fumbling with buttons. How soon before she could phone the aerodrome?
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