butterfingers

Example Sentences

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The Rams would probably love to trade Akers and maybe Williams overall performance in this game — minus the butterfingers — showed them they can.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023

Cummins was the man hit for the winning runs, Lyon the butterfingers who fumbled the ball when Jack Leach was stranded in the middle of the pitch.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2023

Jeudy may be a great route runner that consistently gets open, but those butterfingers are betraying those fantastic feet.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2020

Speaking as a chronic butterfingers myself: I really don’t think your wife is going to hurt your baby.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2020

“Some of my best friends are greased pigs, bottle nose. Oops! Missed me again, you old butterfingers, you.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques