cumbersome

Example Sentences

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In more recent decades, Israel lost that offensive edge, and the army was forced into cumbersome urban warfare.

From The Wall Street Journal

I was just clambering over a particularly cumbersome piece of equipment when something brought me up short.

From Literature

This was expensive, cumbersome, and incurred many internal costs.

From Barron's

That, in turn, spares those jurisdictions from going through the more cumbersome process of auctioning off the vehicles, backers of the bill said.

From Los Angeles Times

"I think you can have a school uniform without it being cumbersome," says Duncan, who also has a son who wears a blazer and tie to middle school.

From BBC