butter-fingered
Example Sentences
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No one wants a groovy dentist, any more than they want a sybaritic bank manager or a butter-fingered brain surgeon.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2020
First he misjudged and butter-fingered a deep throw from John Beck along the sideline, and then he committed an unpardonable fumble at his own 34-yard line, practically handing the Panthers a 9-6 lead.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2011
Come Monday night, the question is which Dallas quarterback shows up: the butter-fingered goat of Week 1 or the media-created hero of Week 2?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2011
Yet parity lasted only nine minutes as Logan's butter-fingered moment, attempting to haul down Gianni Zuiverloon's innocuous long ball, presented Tchoyi with a gaping net.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2010
Jeff put down the book, and marked the place by turning down the leaf, being one of that large class of readers whose mental faculties are butter-fingered, and easily slip their hold.
From Jeff Briggs's Love Story by Bret Harte
