Sentence examples for gauche manner from inspiring English sources
The society of Paris accepted him, despite his ungainly figure and gauche manner.
He blamed his shyness and gauche manner on his upbringing, as the only child of elderly parents.
With his provincial upbringing and gauche manner, he was anathema to the Tory grandees, many of whom looked down on him.
Despite his gauche manner, he is the only one with the oomph to wound the younger Mr Bush seriously.Mr Forbes matters, first, because of money.
The zombie movie, done rive gauche style: unmissable.
The ballet brings to life one of those mythical realms of America in which we still enjoy believing: the hardworking Wild West of cowhands and ropers; the cowgirl too gauche and too ornery for conventionally feminine manners to win the man she thinks she wants; the champion roper who proves more than just her friend and teacher.
It works extremely well, appearing gauche only until you accept its service to blunt statement: manner at one with matter.
"I was incredibly gauche.
