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ungainly sentence examples

  • Ungainly appearance it also has a fair turn of speed.
  • The design was sound if somewhat ungainly due to its flat sides.
  • Unfortunately they appeared to be under-rehearsed and it looked pretty ungainly at times.
  • Ungainly fashion any more.
  • These grand specimens had to endure a rather ungainly journey here on the back of an enormous, articulated lorry.
  • Ungainly way through the canals and crawls of the entrance passage.
  • He was so ungainly, so pimply about the head, so scaly about the legs, yet so serene, so unspeakably satisfied!
  • Ungainly, unconscious heap on the floor.
  • With his slightly ungainly style, it was great to see him in full flight, top-knot billowing in the wind.
  • Ungainly manner?
  • For a man whose gait is a little ungainly, he has always possessed such delicacy of touch, such deft balance.
  • Ungainly monster in which our standards would be seriously diluted.
  • The speed of their attack is quite unexpected because they actually appear quite ungainly.

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