cloddish
Example Sentences
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Not unlike its title character, the movie can be cloddish and clumsy, but it is also a thing of wily cleverness and lithe, surprising grace.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2016
That was before the cloddish, obnoxious SUV took over limousine duties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2016
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
He picked up Fujiko’s bamboo flute, turned it over twice in his hands—small hands for such a thick, cloddish man—then set it on the dining room table.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
