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You may use the phrase 'clumsily' instead. Example: The waiter dropped the tray clumsily, causing the glasses to shatter on the floor.
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That was clever by Buffon, a bit clumsy by Torres.
Our very own Operation Good Guys for all its acclaim, looks clumsy by comparison.
After more than two years of being made sluggish and clumsy by MS, my mind muddied and muted, I was wide awake.
And if you have the means to heat the house, your children should not have to do their homework with fingers made clumsy by cold.
True to prematch form the balance of play was in Sydney's defensive territory but the Dogs, so slick by hand, were clumsy by foot.
To love winter is a privilege – there is nothing to love about being cold and damp and putting rolled up cotton wool around your windows with fingers rendered clumsy by thick gloves.
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A bungled burglary at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee headquarters on 17 June 1972 was followed by clumsy attempts by the White House to conceal its involvement, and by the slow, relentless exposure of the cover-up by the Washington Post.
Bohemians had an early let-off when Karadas burst down the right only to be taken down by a clumsy challenge by defender Simon Webb.
The Roma midfielder did indeed ask for the Italian minium wage - €1500 a month – because of his injury problems, caused, as it happens, by a clumsy tackle by Gerry Taggart.
The last time this was tried, by Gordon Brown, it was clumsy, epitomised by the phrase he used: "British jobs for British workers".
In 2002, the judge presiding over Pigford decided not to admit their claims, which the farmers said resulted from insufficient notice by the government and clumsy work by their lawyers.
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