ungainly

• “We must keep our girls from contact with all that is coarse and debasing; must teach them to behave properly at home and abroad; and not to sit and lounge about or stand in ungainly attitudes; and read books which serve only to inflame the passions, and not to improve either mind or manners.”

  A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding

• “Jacqueline, but we had always called her Jack, for brevity, and because, with her cropped head and rough ways, she resembled a boy more than a girl; her hair was growing now, and hung about her neck in short ungainly lengths, but I doubt whether in its present stage it was any improvement.”

  Esther : a book for girls

• “On an analysis based on, you know, around airports, where could a man with a pipe-like device, which is kind of ungainly and big and long and has a signature, where could that person just stand upright or even be in a kind of concealed position and let one of these missiles go?”

  CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2002

• “Consumer Reports said the Tahoe's handling was "ungainly" and its stopping distances too long.”

  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed

• “Simone: Dania "doesn't love" it; Nigel calls it "ungainly" and lacking sensuality; Tyra thinks she could be stronger”

  All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News

• “Cowell called her performance "ungainly" and "gimmicky" and he hated her outfit.”

  TV Envy

• “The thing that is ungainly, vulnerable, embarrassing.”

  I Am Sorry to Inform You

• “This is fundamentally the story of Morry Abbot, the most awkward, ungainly and emotionally disadvantaged of them all.”

  Small Town Dreaming « Tales from the Reading Room

• “It was 1917 when aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss built his Autoplane, an ugly, ungainly thing that really did fly.”

  The Washington Post: Where is my flying car?

• “At one point, four stylists were clustered around me, conferring like a bunch of surgeons over an ungainly and inoperable tumor.”

  Only My Hairdresser Knows For Sure

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