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“Bunker’s” issue isn’t its politics so much as how to present them: In unwieldily combining satire, family drama and finally thriller, it ill serves all three.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

I was secretly addicted as the anxiety carousel wheeled unwieldily.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2019

There is a calm upon the mighty sea, Yet are its depths alive and full of being, Enormous bulks that move unwieldily; Yet, pore we on it, they are past our seeing!—

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald

Meanwhile, Sir Huddlestone has hoisted himself unwieldily on the Nob: "Let's try Sowster's Spinney, Tom," says the Baronet, "Farmer Mangle tells me there are two foxes in it."

From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

The impression itself moves unwieldily in the cramped brain.

From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford




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