How to Use clumsy in a Sentence
clumsy
adjective
- I have very clumsy hands and tend to drop things.
- She made a clumsy attempt at a joke.
- I'm sorry about spilling your wine—that was very clumsy of me.
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The main feature of the dance is a clumsy bit of hand jive.
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Jody Rosen,
The New Yorker,
7 Dec. 2022
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My body is a lovely, clumsy thing to move through the world in.
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Olivia Treynor,
Vogue,
1 Nov. 2023
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This is carbonara for the clumsy, the impatient and the greedy.
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Eric Kim,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2023
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The results of Sam’s attempts are clumsy and a bit of a mixed bag.
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Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 June 2023
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Even one of the extras notes how clumsy and comic the movie is.
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Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Dec. 2022
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Another one of the boys laughed and called him a clumsy d-word.
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Damon Young,
Washington Post,
7 Mar. 2022
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My clumsy, blue skis begin to skim the lake, like a sea gull scanning for snacks.
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Gloria Goodale,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Oct. 2023
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Worse still, from the French view, the Emperor is portrayed as a clumsy lover.
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Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
30 Nov. 2023
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Humpback whales lack lips, so the calves can be clumsy and on very rare occasions miss some of the milk.
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Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
28 Nov. 2023
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In the titular role, Duff shined as a sweet, clumsy teen who just wants to be popular.
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Mekita Rivas,
refinery29.com,
24 May 2022
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So the paws are a little bit bigger, Marshall’s clumsy because of it.
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Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2023
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There’s a slapstick quality to the film, provided by the clumsy Robin.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2024
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None of this went over well and the Blazers appeared to be clumsy in their handling of the situation.
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oregonlive,
3 Jan. 2022
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In the play, Falstaff attempts to woo two married women in a clumsy bid to steal their fortunes.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Aug. 2023
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But the design of the exhibition is crowded and clumsy.
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Washington Post,
6 May 2022
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The kid is clumsy and uncomfortable in his own body, like a puppy that grew up too fast and hasn’t adapted to its new size.
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Peter Debruge,
Variety,
22 July 2023
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In his love life Napoleon is depicted as a clumsy, frightened and timid little boy.
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Zenger News,
Forbes,
28 Nov. 2023
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Trenton Simpson’s first moment as a Raven got off to an amusing if not clumsy start.
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Brian Wacker,
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2023
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Trust that and go Mona-Lisa-smile on her clumsy attempts to have some of that gravitational pull.
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Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
9 Jan. 2024
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At the same time, a new generation of tanks had replaced the slow, clumsy rhomboids and toy-like vehicles of World War I.
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Popular Mechanics,
17 Aug. 2023
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Its blade is wide enough to do real work without being clumsy for close up tasks like carving.
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Jim Cobb,
Field & Stream,
14 June 2023
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At the same time, silences and clumsy lulls in conversation speak louder than bombs.
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Leslie Felperin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2023
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Advertisement To critics on the left and the right, the College Board’s handling of the controversy has been clumsy at best.
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Nick Anderson,
Washington Post,
19 Feb. 2023
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But the way that the president has handled this nomination has been clumsy at best.
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ABC News,
30 Jan. 2022
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Think clumsy thumbs carelessly flitting from key to tiny key.
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Jessica Guynn,
USA TODAY,
1 Apr. 2023
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In spring or summer, the walk would have probably taken 45 minutes; our clumsy traipse over the icy snow took about double that.
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Rivka Galchen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Mar. 2023
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On the other hand, when A Tree of Life does attempt to get more overtly political, the results can be clumsy.
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Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Oct. 2022
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