: a clumsy person
Examples of klutz in a Sentence
I'm a complete klutz on the dance floor.
how can she be such a klutz after studying ballet for so many years?
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Leslie played along, pretending to be a klutz who liked being harshed by a pre-school kid.
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Noor Hassan, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
While one side of the frame shows Pia racing to meet her mother at the bank, conveying her struggle as a hapless klutz, the other half displays a henna ceremony interstitial, elegantly establishing the beauty of tradition and community.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Join for hilarious segments like kids on the naughty list, Christmas klutzes, and those hilariously fed up with the festivities.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
Gender-flipping a few genre tropes — like showing the guy as the klutz and having the girl chase him down to proclaim her love — no longer passes for subversive.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
While one side of the frame shows Pia racing to meet her mother at the bank, conveying her struggle as a hapless klutz, the other half displays a henna ceremony interstitial, elegantly establishing the beauty of tradition and community.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Playing Dawn Summers, Trachtenberg joined the show in 2000, as Buffy's younger sister, who was at times bratty, sulky, and a bit of a klutz — but nonetheless offered a new and exciting sibling dynamic for the show to explore.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Join for hilarious segments like kids on the naughty list, Christmas klutzes, and those hilariously fed up with the festivities.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
On-the-go photographers, field workers, and hopeless klutzes will want to give this tough drive a strong second look.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 10 July 2024
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Noor Hassan, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
While one side of the frame shows Pia racing to meet her mother at the bank, conveying her struggle as a hapless klutz, the other half displays a henna ceremony interstitial, elegantly establishing the beauty of tradition and community.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Join for hilarious segments like kids on the naughty list, Christmas klutzes, and those hilariously fed up with the festivities.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
Gender-flipping a few genre tropes — like showing the guy as the klutz and having the girl chase him down to proclaim her love — no longer passes for subversive.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
While one side of the frame shows Pia racing to meet her mother at the bank, conveying her struggle as a hapless klutz, the other half displays a henna ceremony interstitial, elegantly establishing the beauty of tradition and community.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Playing Dawn Summers, Trachtenberg joined the show in 2000, as Buffy's younger sister, who was at times bratty, sulky, and a bit of a klutz — but nonetheless offered a new and exciting sibling dynamic for the show to explore.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Join for hilarious segments like kids on the naughty list, Christmas klutzes, and those hilariously fed up with the festivities.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
On-the-go photographers, field workers, and hopeless klutzes will want to give this tough drive a strong second look.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 10 July 2024
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“Klutz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/klutz. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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