gaucherie
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Guadagnino says, clearly amused by his youthful gaucherie.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2016
Sommeliers look a bit shocked if I order a pretty pink rosé, and although I’ve tried to defy it, my mother’s commandment about the gaucherie of wearing white after Labor Day haunts me.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2015
By their very gaucherie they suggest appealingly the embarrassment of an author trying to bridge modern experience, from the sheer horror of war to the sheer banality of peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
The way she walked, spoke and combed her hair had a sureness that gives moviegoers a comfortable feeling: she would never make them wince with some awkwardness of misplaced gaucherie.
From Time Magazine Archive
My shyness and gaucherie became worse, too, making me stolid and dumb when people came to the house.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Determined to escape the gaucheries of the family’s exclusive Turtle Creek enclave, Yvonne ascends from cheerleader to top majorette baton twirler to debutante to sorority girl.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2020
The flubs, freakouts and gaucheries of the actress’s interviews and award-show moments – so Tumblred, tweeted and adored – have by now probably drawn as many eyes as her extraordinary film performances.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2015
The grace of an Ang Lee film is in his avoidance of the gaucheries his characters cannot escape.
From Time Magazine Archive
But her book should not be mistaken for a mere gibe at the gaucheries of a raw culture.
From Time Magazine Archive
The throat pain always returns, though, unless I tell what I really think, whether or not I lose my job, or spit out gaucheries all over a party.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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