ungainliness

Example Sentences

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But a sourness in tone keeps the proceedings from achieving the series’ signature black wit, adding to the film’s ungainliness.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2021

Giving comedian Ayo Edebiri ample screen time in the balance helps to mitigate some of the subplot's situational ungainliness; besides, this subplot adds some perspective to Emily's personal conundrum.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2021

Frozen 2 doesn’t have its forebear’s ungainliness; in many ways, it’s more efficiently engineered.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2019

Moments like that help me understand why “God Said This” received the Yale Drama Series Prize last year despite its ungainliness.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2019

The ungainliness in walking may be added to by flat-foot.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander