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
And yet Heller’s third film after two nearly perfect early outings, the acerbic high-school comedy Diary of a Teenage Girl and the rueful true-crime drama Can You Ever Forgive Me?, comes by its ungainliness honestly.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2019
Though many U.S.-set series shoot in Canada, few do so with the touching ungainliness of this one.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 19, 2018
Also an air of ungainliness in the lines of the lean body, rather than the feline smoothness and grace of the norm-blend.
From The Old Martians by Roger Phillips Graham
