cloddish

Example Sentences

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Less attractively, it’s also a bit cloddish and tame, falling into that unsatisfying category of children’s entertainment that seems to be styled in accordance with the tastes of old people.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Mitch’s cloddish rejection of her is all the more devastating after all that she has courageously bared to him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

In Gallipoli, Connor meets another cloddish British officer and forms a manly friendship with a wise Turkish army officer.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2015

“Love distorts things,” the older Joe reflects, looking back with shame on her fixation on the cloddish Jerôme.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2014

Its comforts were stuffy and cloddish, the heater, the padded chairs, the bed piled with furs, the rugs, drapes, wrappings, mufflings.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin