Sentence examples similar to lacking social grace from inspiring English sources

Those who demur are viewed as slightly odd and lacking social graces.

He expressed fear that, as a playwright, she might find him a "one-dimensional character," and apologized for lacking social graces; he now had trouble separating the mores in prison from those of the outside world.

In other respects he did not fit in; lacking social graces and choosing to converse little, he was nicknamed "the camel", as like the beast he neither drank nor spoke.

Like many a hyperactive genius, he seems to have lacked social grace, and was rather bad at reading the minds of people around him.

Instead, Jones's Roger lacks social graces and stature.

Critics may quibble that he lacks social graces, but no one has ever accused him of shying away from a fight.

The talented nerd who lacks social graces has become a cultural icon, as much a part of the industry mythos as the company that starts in a garage.

Whereas Sorkin's Mark Zuckerberg lacked social graces but created a global social network, his Steve Jobs strives to put more humanity into his products than he displays to those around him.

Evans had influential backers and political allies, but lacked social graces and was disliked by many of his peers.

It's hard to imagine Johnson -- the dad, the horse whisperer, the adorable arm wrestler -- playing someone that lacks social graces.

Though his Holmes is meant to be lacking in social graces, Mr. Cumberbatch rejected a popular interpretation that the character has Asperger syndrome.