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
Or he may not; a major gaucherie, of course, is for a professor to react to a feeler that wasn't there.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It derives from a mixture of wishful thinking, impatience with American diplomatic gaucherie and envy of America's present wealth and power, and sheer inertia following upon four decades of tumultuous upheaval.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I am very different from that self who drove to Manderley for the first time, hopeful and eager, handicapped by a rather desperate gaucherie and filled with an intense desire to please.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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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
She is an actress; and, as Gigi, she develops a full-length character from artless gaucheries in the first act to a stirring emotional climax in the last scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
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There were, alas, still a few of those gaucheries at the 15th summit.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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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