Sentence examples for a clumsy statement from inspiring English sources

Invoking Bush's recent comments that Americans need to "work longer hours" – a clumsy statement that drew immediate scrutiny from Democrats and the media – Clinton sought to portray the former Florida governor as out of touch.

The consequences of a clumsy statement or an error in judgment are more swift and public than in any previous era.

Instead it feels like a blunt, somewhat clumsy statement about our times.

Restore Our Future recently launched a $7.6 million ad blitz in swing states knocking Obama for his clumsy statement that the "private sector is doing just fine".

As a neophyte, Mrs. Clinton began her campaign with a number of clumsy statements about sports teams and girlhood vacation visits to the state and with a much-ridiculed listening tour among handpicked audiences.

Survivors learn to forgive awkward behaviors or clumsy statements, as long as your support and compassion are evident.

And for all his kisses and embraces, he still has that undertaker's parched look; he still has that propensity for clumsy statements, as when he recently suggested that: "But for me, we'd be in a worldwide depression".

Another member of the influential firm, Benedict Evans, joked about what he sees as a history of inefficiency in India technological policy: It's not the first time Silicon Valley has stumbled on clumsy statements about India.

"You've come to the right place!" That statement struck a clumsy note in a restaurant going for glossy enchantment and charging $58 for slices of smoked wagyu rib-eye.

Pakistani analysts said the statement was a clumsy attempt to show that the weak prime minister had a powerful foreign ally.

But Mr. Clinton got off to a clumsy start with a brief prepared statement this morning that left some questions unanswered.