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Recent Examples of ungraceful For his part, Harman chooses allegiance to sentences so ungraceful that Kafka, as Coetzee suggests, might have written them in his sleep. Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024 Is there an ungraceful way to age? Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 23 June 2022 Occasionally, the dialogue is ungraceful in connecting the lines between past and present. Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022 Extra cuddles for the extremely ungraceful Flounder. Brenna Murphy, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2021 At best, President Donald Trump's exit from the White House is ungraceful. Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2020 Next spring will mark six years since Northland mall in Southfield closed for good after a long and ungraceful decline. Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2020 Given that much time and his history of health, Cano could’ve endured even a fairly ungraceful decline and reached 3,000 hits and 400 home runs and shoo-in Hall of Fame status by his age-40 season when his deal runs up. Ted Berg, For The Win, 15 May 2018 Babcock launched himself in the crowd and immediately numerous audience members—including yours truly—took an ungraceful tumble. Efrain Dorado, RedEye Chicago, 7 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungraceful
Adjective
  • The family lives on the 18th floor of a high-rise building and getting into the underground garage that doubles as a bomb shelter during Russian attacks is an uncomfortable experience.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
  • The other panelists and the show's host all tried to move past the comedian's uncomfortable move and go on with the show.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • Herbert includes a range of moments, from earnest attempts to talk about the enslaved people that maintained all these palatial homes to clumsier ones in which they are referred to as workers, insinuating that their labor was paid for instead of forced.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
  • The aftermath of Virginia’s clumsy tumble into a rose bed where her exposed cleavage is profusely pricked by thorns lasts for all of one scene.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • Regional flashpoints have now put China in an awkward position.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • At times awkward, but mostly gorgeous, catchy and sincere.
    Darian Sahanaja, Variety, 15 June 2025
Adjective
  • Edan Lui of Hong Kong boy band Mirror will also make his Korean drama debut in the new season, joining the cast in a role that pairs him in an uneasy alliance with Kim Do-gi.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
  • Repeatedly returning to themes of globalization and alienation, the 55-year-old director has meticulously chronicled his country’s uneasy plunge into the 21st century as rampant industrialization risks deadening those left behind.
    Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025

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“Ungraceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungraceful. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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