Sentence examples for clumsy bid from inspiring English sources

In a clumsy bid to mute critics, a court in Reyhanli slapped a ban on reporting from the bombing scene, eliciting howls of protests.Opinion polls show that most Turks oppose war with Syria.

Comey held a press conference to announce that the case against Clinton was closed, but — perhaps in a clumsy bid to seem impartial — chastised her for being "extremely careless" with her e-mails.

The sudden drafting of the new regulation, disclosed now for the first time, has been interpreted by lawyers as a clumsy bid to render lawful the killings that had already occurred.

In a clumsy bid to discredit the American law named for him, Mr Putin's henchmen are now putting Magnitsky on trial (along, in absentia, with Mr Browder), for a tax offence supposedly committed over a decade ago and despite the fact that the lawyer is long dead.

Too clumsy?

Just clumsy.

Clumsy, yes!

Ha! Clumsy.

Clumsy muskrats?

A clumsy silhouette.

Sleepless, I got clumsy.