How to use clumsy in a sentence

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• The son's clumsy paintings are a pale imitation of his father's.From the entry pale
• The clumsy filing system has been a huge headache.From the entry headache
• My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.From the entry frustrate
• The clumsy builder dropped a brick on his toe.From the entry drop a brick
• With their earnestness and clumsy naiveté they betray the scandalous truth of his posturing.2017, Patrick Turner, Hip Hop Versus Rap: The Politics of Droppin' Knowledge, page 129. From the entry backpacker
• A cellphone rang and he scrabbled for it with clumsy fingers, his eyes already a bit glassy.2014, Maya Fowler & Isobel Dixon (translation of Karin Brynard's Plaasmoord), Weeping Waters, page 636. From the entry sharp-sharp
• The reason I kept failing is because I’m clumsier than Goofy.”2008 May, Elizadeth Hetherington, Nature of the Daughters, Fond du Lac, Wis.: Chrome Publications, →ISBN, page 165. From the entry goofy
• Kat danced around the FedExer with a clumsy little side step, muttering an apology under her breath.2004, Karen Sandler, Chocolate Magic, Waterville, Me.: Wheeler Publishing, published 2005, →ISBN, pages 262–263. From the entry FedExer
• He was clumsy and barely got as many with two hands as Mouse did with one.1997, Walter Mosley, Gone Fishin': An Easy Rawlins Novel, page 79. From the entry yuck
• It was a clumsy, side-handed, chopping blow, but Louis was unprepared for it.1983, Stephen King, Pet Sematary. From the entry side-handed
• He was without exception the clumsiest and most mutton-fisted horseman I have ever observed.1937, Siegfried Sassoon, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London: Faber and Faber, page 108 (Faber…. From the entry mutton-fisted
• He was clumsy at the new games, but his teachers did not hoot at him.1932, John Steinbeck, Junius Maltby. From the entry pewee
• Everybody laughed, for he was a clumsy and comical beast to be decorated with roses and daisies.1912, Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, chapter XII, in Greyfriar's Bobby. From the entry kick up one's heels
• The flour bespattering Squeaker's now neglected clothes spoke eloquently of his clumsy efforts at damper making.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry damper
• My first impression was of some clumsy quadruped with lowered head.1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Selenite’s Face”, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […]…. From the entry selenite
• Kvaratskhelia played the give-and-go with Dembélé and, at last, he was goal-side of Mosquera, whose challenge was clumsy.2026 May 30, David Hytner, “Paris Saint-Germain retain Champions League as Arsenal dream dashed in shootout”, in The Guardian, archived…. From the entry give-and-go
• He was clumsy and struggling but perseverant, determined to accomplish the task he had set himself, and his keenness affronted Crystal.2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 121. From the entry perseverant
• Mashed alongside these faux-mateyisms, were classically clumsy Starmerian metaphors.2023 July 6, Madeline Grant, “Keir Starmer’s speech is interrupted by protesters - hurrah for some excitement!”, in The Telegraph. From the entry Starmerian
• Banning the king from Cop27 looks clumsy.2022 November 1, Polly Toynbee, “Rishi Sunak’s only been in office for a few days – and the errors are already piling up”, in The Guardian. From the entry panicky
• She had come to Mississippi with her Mississippian husband, who turned out to be a clumsy pyramid-scheme con artist.2021, Percival Everett, The Trees, Influx Press (2022), page 139. From the entry Mississippian
• Mr Tembo tried to reply, but his large elephanty fingers were too clumsy to press the TALK button.2020, Kid Normal and the Final Five, Bloomsbury Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry elephanty
• As he looks to get a shot away, a clumsy, lunging scissor tackle by Ledley King drags him to the ground.2013, Steve Mingle, From Balti Pies to the Biggest Prize: The Rebirth of Manchester City. From the entry scissor tackle
• Little beknownst to either of them, they were being followed by a very clumsy, wet, and muddy-pawed mutt, the Cassidy hound.2011, Edward F. Cassidy, Looking Back on Tomorrow: A Life Story, →ISBN, page 111. From the entry beknownst
• However, the main thing that brings this game down are the controls - they feel very clumsy and awkward at times.2002, Andy Slaven, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002, page 228. From the entry average
• She sprang into the air and jack-knifed into a clumsy pike before following her hands into the water.2000, J[ames] G[raham] Ballard, Super-Cannes, London: Flamingo, →ISBN; republished London: Fourth Estate, 2011, →ISBN, page 167. From the entry pike
• Trefusis himself was highly dismissive of them. ‘Waste of trees,’ he had once said. ‘Stupid, ugly, clumsy, heavy things.1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, page 51. From the entry book
• The treeish thing looked stiff and clumsy, but it wasn't; it was fast and flexible and frighteningly strong.1986, Jo Clayton, The Soul Drinker, page 343. From the entry treeish
• The women had stuck to their busutis, billowing, clumsy dresses introduced by nineteenth-century priggish missionaries who were absolutely incompetent dress makers.1982, Feli Okoboi, The Eternal Problem, page 39. From the entry busuti
• Pickpockets dislike being watched, even by those who may be "right," because they become uneasy and clumsy and feel conspicuous.1977, Robert S. Weppner, Street ethnography, page 70. From the entry cannon
• Not as clumsy or random as a blaster.1977 May 25, George Lucas, Star Wars, spoken by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness). From the entry lightsaber
• Supposedly designed to free the reader from Victorianism and guilt, these books constitute clumsy, self-conscious attempts to liberate the reader.1976 February 7, L. S. Eneri, “New Sex Manual”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 12. From the entry Victorianism
• So the “little boys” get tougher, clumsier, ruder and snatchier.1959, Eric W. Johnson, How to Live Through Junior High School, Lippincott, page 189. From the entry snatchier
• Although they look clumsy, they can run fast.1959, Bertha Morris Parker, THE GOLDEN BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA. From the entry earth pig
• Sondern took the cards and shuffled them with clumsy haste.1958, Ralph Allen, Peace River Country, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 34. From the entry any one
• So sure on sand, so clumsy in bog!1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 101. From the entry bog
• A rush from my memory of many clumsy kindlinesses, a realisation of the loss of his companionship came to me.1924, H. G. Wells, The Dream, Part One, Chapter 4, §1. From the entry kindliness

Meaning of clumsy

1. adjective Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
2. adjective Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
3. adjective Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.

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Questions about clumsy in a sentence

How do you use clumsy in a sentence?

Clumsy is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.”

What is a short sentence with clumsy?

“What a clumsy joke”

What does clumsy mean?

Clumsy means awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.