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Recent Examples of graceless Still, Trump should want her endorsement and should be trying to woo her — and those voters — instead of engaging in his typically graceless behavior. The Editors, National Review, 6 Mar. 2024 In a neighborhood filled with exceptional civic architecture, the building looked all the more graceless beside Arthur Erickson’s monumental Canadian Embassy and across the street from John Russell Pope’s magisterial National Gallery of Art and I.M. Pei’s East Building. Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023 The other band members were gracious and discreet, but enough was said to leave the impression of a faintly aristocratic Reed who was graceless and intransigent. Ian Penman, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023 Ruscha’s photographs—deliberately graceless taxonomies of parking lots, swimming pools, palm trees, and the like—seem thin by comparison, lacking the paintings’ dialectic of innocence and wit. Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for graceless
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Adjective
  • The character first appears in the franchise’s original film Scream (1996) as the older brother of Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan) and the clumsy police deputy trying to help solve the murders in their town of Woodsboro.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Aviles’ dismissal, for a clumsy challenge on the edge of the penalty area, seemed set to turn the game.
    Martin Rogers, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The traditional process of quitting a job has always been a personal, often uncomfortable experience.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Throughout the exchange, Zelensky became visibly uncomfortable and upset.
    Lauren Floyd, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The Calumet City Elementary District 155 Board recently censured one of its members, Lamarr Miller, after learning he previously was disciplined for inappropriate behavior with students.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Identify scenarios where human oversight is essential and prevent inappropriate AI autonomy over sensitive business areas.
    Brent Dykes, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • However, whether the friendship will survive the awkward gift exchange remains to be seen.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
  • When Anne Hathaway co-hosted the ceremony with James Franco in 2012, it was widely panned as the Academy's awkward attempt to attract younger viewers.
    Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • From fiscal year 2015 to 2022, the Social Security Agency paid about $72 billion in improper payments, most of which were overpayments, the report noted.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Listen to this article The Orlando police officer involved in the high-speed chase that killed a bystander last month had previously been disciplined in at least three incidents, one involving improper use of force and two for vehicle crashes, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.
    Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The film follows Ne Zha, a demon child raised by humans, who must embark on a perilous quest to obtain an elixir to restore the body of his uneasy ally, the dragon prince Ao Bing.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Based on the Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture Of The Gods), the story follows a demon child raised by humans, who forms an uneasy alliance with the dragon prince, Ao Bing, in an epic battle to protect their clans.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Polar research and expeditions were considered inherently masculine endeavors unsuitable for women during the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, which began in 1897 and lasted until 1922.
    Nicole Edenedo, AFAR Media, 3 Mar. 2025
  • When the wildly unsuitable secretary of defense announces there will be 8% cuts in our military budget for each of the next five years, some weapons programs will be reduced or cancelled to meet that goal.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • His unsteady grip on reality means his decisions are guided by insecurity and ego, not the nation’s interests.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Even with that, the rest of the house poses an ongoing danger with anyone unsteady on one’s feet.
    Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Graceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graceless. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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