clownishness

Example Sentences

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His efforts to be a terrifying figure are routinely undercut by his clownishness.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2025

The problem with evil clowns is that it’s the clownishness, not the evil, they soon shed.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

And in an instant, every drop of clownishness drained from his face, and he answered … ”My life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2021

Goals at the other end have declined, too, by about a third, but that’s a small price to pay if it lessens the embarrassing clownishness at the back.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2020

The remark, but not the clownishness, is adopted by Mr. Punch in regard to the Kelly Book.

From Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 62, January 20, 1872 by Various