ungainly

Example Sentences

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For generations, Americans have marked Thanksgiving by wrestling with the perfect way to prepare and serve turkey, a bird known for its ungainly size, dry texture and lack of distinguishing flavor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Sam Quinones celebrates this ungainly instrument and its players in “The Perfect Tuba,” a delightfully offbeat book with unexpectedly profound overtones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

I’d collapse one into the other, building a loaded potato so ungainly it should have come with a warning sign.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2025

Sample review: "An ungainly mess, submerged in mayhem, occasionally surfacing for cliches."

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

The Standard Model is not only ungainly but incomplete.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson