graceless

Example Sentences

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Was “Boots” going to be “Private Benjamin,” some graceless sitcom about a misfit soldier?

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

The musical, first staged in 1959, is loosely based on “The Princess and the Pea” fairy tale; Foster plays Princess Winnifred, a graceless minor royal who is a possible bride for a local prince.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

But a graceless end should not obscure DiFi’s shining accomplishments and her place in American history.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2023

He describes his co-star in The Piano, the American actor Harvey Keitel, as "truculent and difficult and a bit graceless".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023

He has seen these graceless birds on windowsills and sidewalks, but never in trees.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri