Explore Clumsy through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like awkward or ungainly. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Clumsy in a sentence
Clumsy meaning
- Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
- Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
- Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
Synonyms of Clumsy
Using Clumsy
- The main meaning on this page is: Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous. | Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety. | Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
- Useful related words include: awkward, ungainly, unwieldy, fumbling.
- In the example corpus, clumsy often appears in combinations such as: clumsy and, and clumsy, clumsy attempt.
Context around Clumsy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clumsy
- In this selection, "clumsy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little, towers, same, attacking, slow and effort stand out and add context to how "clumsy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little clumsy when that and and his clumsy attempts at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clumsy" sits close to words such as abel, adjective and arvind, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clumsy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But this is a clumsy effort at creating doubt at the electoral system. (13 words)
Even Fawlty Towers’ clumsy Spanish waiter Manuel knows the answer to that one. (13 words)
Last year she chastised Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway for the same clumsy mistake. (15 words)
He came home and he's quite clumsy anyway so I said: 'What have you done now?' and then he turned around and I nearly fainted when I saw all the blood on his back. (35 words)
It is possible to believe that Santos appears to be a clumsy con artist and that the same double standard is in play that operates the system for the benefit of one party. (33 words)
She’s so chaotic, clumsy and at sea it’s hard to believe Sylvia made it through law school, let that she’s able to care for three other human beings. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
A combination of tidy defending and clumsy attacking play resulted in very few chances until just before half-time, when Swindon took the lead.
And, for all but a clumsy slow-motion bit of reversing into someone in a supermarket car park many years ago, I achieved that.
A seamless and embedded compliance procedure is the solution – reducing the friction in what can be a clumsy or cumbersome confirmation process.
But this is a clumsy effort at creating doubt at the electoral system.
But this soft-focus stab at Marlowe is bereft of charisma and his clumsy attempts at roughhouse fail in the worst way by being laughable.
Cramlington scored direct from a free kick after 30 minutes following a clumsy challenge from Jenna Jones-Kerr that saw her shown a yellow card.
Director Anthony Fabian gets a little clumsy when that path intersects with striking Parisian workers or the movement to democratize high fashion, but the blend mostly works.
Even Fawlty Towers’ clumsy Spanish waiter Manuel knows the answer to that one.
Garcia added: “Over the last two days there was a bit of trouble with some clumsy behaviour.
He came home and he's quite clumsy anyway so I said: 'What have you done now?' and then he turned around and I nearly fainted when I saw all the blood on his back.
Hestia is a charismatic young god but can also be stubborn, hot-headed, and clumsy, which lands her in trouble and debt the majority of the time.
He was referring to Collingwood vice-captain Brayden Maynard and his decision jump into Melbourne’s Angus Brayshaw in a clumsy attempt to smother the ball.
However, Elmer is clumsy, dopey, and unlucky, resulting in him being unable to ever catch Bugs, and usually injuring himself in the process.
However, portrays him as a clumsy, bumbling young hero who is largely unable to reliably control his powers, and is often shown to cause issues for his fellow JSA members.
It is possible to believe that Santos appears to be a clumsy con artist and that the same double standard is in play that operates the system for the benefit of one party.
Last year she chastised Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway for the same clumsy mistake.
Like most of the show's other characters, Sookie is quirky, clumsy, endearing, and hilarious.
Not like it was an academic issue so you can imagine that kind of clumsy stupid thing that will get you kicked out of school.
She’s so chaotic, clumsy and at sea it’s hard to believe Sylvia made it through law school, let that she’s able to care for three other human beings.
The actor said he may have made a "clumsy pass" at his final alleged victim but denied deliberately attacking him.
Common combinations with clumsy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- clumsy and 23×
- and clumsy 14×
- clumsy attempt 10×
- as clumsy 10×
- the clumsy 8×
- was clumsy 8×
- is clumsy 7×
- his clumsy 5×
- clumsy in 5×
- but clumsy 4×