Sentence examples for clumsy acts from inspiring English sources

Others feel like clumsy acts of imitation: O'Hara without the bite, Cheever without the magic.

In search of love and intimacy, Soloway's characters do some idiotic things — cruel or clumsy acts that might cause some viewers to turn away — but, with each mistake, "Transparent" just looks closer.

"But they have to be cautious as to how they do that, because clumsy acts of repression can lead to more radicalization of people because it's more clear, it's more apparent, that this is how the state functions".

(Mind, June 2): A mild blush following a clumsy act is far different than turning lobster red, as I do, at a mere introduction to a boss's colleague, or for the entire first 10 minutes of a work presentation.

So they are moved back, to the chagrin of many in the crowd, for a mayor (conspicuously clad in chains of office), local politicians and other dignitaries, who seem less self-important than lacking in self-awareness that this clumsy act, freighted with such offence, is worth a chapter in a text book about elected officials' own goals.

"A sonnet gets no better by doubling its lines," pointed out the Evening Standard's Milton Shulman; he thought the new act "a gauche, clumsy bit of biblical farce... an Old Testament version of Up Pompeii!" Where the original Joseph had possessed a "bouncing and vivacious spontaneity", this new material was "flip, arch, jokey".

And, as with novels, the endings matter; it's highly possible for a show to unravel the long pleasure of the journey with a clumsy third act.

Instead it tacks on a clumsy third act that focuses on the details of the robbery and the back story involving Taylor's relationship with a double-dealing bank teller.

As head of MI6, her relationship with her favourite secret agent is a strong, if at times overly-sentimental, narrative force as she helps us delve further into Bond's past.A clumsy third act gives way to a satisfyingly nostalgic ending which brings the franchise full circle.

Without her sight, your cat may become clumsy and act confused in her usual environment.

He might kick your chair, talk loudly, or act clumsy.