ungainliness

Example Sentences

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John’s halting efforts to march his ungainliness into a chaotic world mimic those of anyone who grew accustomed to ordered solitude or preferred it in the first place.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025

He uses the word “representation” here — the representation of ordinary American ungainliness.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2021

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

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

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2019

Eneas was tall and thin; but neither his tallness nor his thinness ever reached the impressive ungainliness of angularity that was Sir Hector's outstanding characteristic.

From Rich Relatives by MacKenzie, Compton