ungracefulness

Example Sentences

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The fact that he was tall profited him nothing, for it merely emphasised the extreme ungracefulness of his figure.

From Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) by Roberts, Morley

And this change came about without expostulations, reproach, or explanation, just by the turning of a key; and even this was the merest symbol, employed once only, to save the ungracefulness of words.

From Fraternity by Galsworthy, John

Mrs. Venables spoke to her quite sharply for once on the subject of limitations of interest and ungracefulness of speech.

From The Furnace by Macaulay, Rose, Dame

The want of this harmony occasions the ungracefulness of their paces, the difficulty of their movements; in a word, all the obstacles to a good education.

From New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. by Baucher, F.

On a subject of so much importance, and where it is so desirable to have clear and definite ideas, the rhetorical ungracefulness of repetition is of little moment, when this repetition serves our great end.

From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip