clumsiness
Example Sentences
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O’Hara sinks into the role, embracing the inherent clumsiness of community theater while celebrating its flaws.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
She spilled Coke on her sari and figured her clumsiness would doom the engagement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
Some of this clumsiness is simply the endearing choreography of learning something new.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
These include difficulty concentrating, depression, stumbling and clumsiness, involuntary jerking of the limbs and body, mood swings and personality changes, problems swallowing, speaking and breathing.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025
She had always felt protective of him because of his clumsiness and his knack for getting into trouble.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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