Sentence examples for proved clumsy from inspiring English sources

On this score, the government has proved clumsy.

This is not the first time that Mr. Simmons has proved clumsy in the public arena.

But the HMO's often proved clumsy at public relations, not to mention patient requests for treatment, and they were reviled.

But sandglasses proved clumsy and inexact and were replaced by a pair of mechanical clocks after a simple pendulum device was introduced at London 1883.

However, this method proved clumsy, and the carts were first emptied then lifted, after which they were re-loaded and dragged to troops on the front line.

Arguably, letting automakers maintain responsibility for the look and feel of the in-car software interface isn't the ideal solution, since they've proven clumsy when it comes to UX in the past.

The exam sheets themselves served as evidence of the suspected cheating — crude markups, blatant copying, unexplained bonus points — that proved as clumsy as a botched rhythmic routine.

At the outset of World War II he enlisted as a private in the infantry but was given a medical discharge a year later when he proved too clumsy, untidy and unskilled in firearms to stay in uniform.

But its handling of the Asian crisis proved so clumsy that even mainstream economists who shared its basic philosophy -- belief in free markets tempered by a safety net -- joined in the criticism.

He also fashioned a crude sledge from driftwood he found on the beach, but it proved too clumsy to be practical.

But we have bypassed it, defending a place like Guantanamo as a savvy, fast-moving response to modern threats of terrorism, even though the military tribunals there have proved far clumsier than civilian courts at prosecuting terrorists.