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Meanings of ungainly form in anglès

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Usage of ungainly form in anglès
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At the foot of the coffin stood the ungainly form of our lodger.
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4
2
The other individual exhibited a more ungainly form and deportment.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
3
As he looked back, a huge, ungainly form thrust itself before the slender figure.
Peak and Prairie / From a Colorado Sketch-book
4
Long Jim watched the ungainly form, as it shambled out of sight into a thicket.
The Eyes of the Woods: A Story of the Ancient Wilderness
5
She left the room, and in a moment Allan's tall ungainly form appeared in the doorway.
His Family
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Of a sudden the tall, ungainly form of Percy Singleton filled the doorway, wrapped in a greatcoat.
Richard Carvel — Volume 03
7
The novelist bowed in mock gallantry- amovementwhich made his ungainly form appear more grotesque than ever.
The Eyes of the World
8
At the same moment, Galleygo, who came and went at pleasure, thrust in his own ungainly form.
The Two Admirals
9
His person was emaciated almost to a skeleton, showing his angular and ungainly form at a distressing disadvantage.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851
10
His eyes were riveted on the ungainly form of his old friend inching up the brightly lit roof.
I Am Legend
11
Sometimes a bullock filled the doorway with ungainly form and steaming nostrils; sometimes the lips of the lovers met.
Mike Fletcher: A Novel
12
The next moment Robin's ungainly form had knocked against the door-handle and Dick was sitting upright looking at him.
The Obstacle Race
13
Suddenly casting his eyes about, they fell upon an ungainly form stretched on a lounge, that made us all start.
Richard Carvel — Volume 05
14
Before the ring could close up again the ungainly form of Jeffreys, still panting from his run, elbowed his way to the front.
A Dog with a Bad Name
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Such would our own Queen Bess have been had not God, for the good of England, given her a plain face and an ungainly form.
In Kedar's Tents
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They were creatures of ungainly forms-inmake and size not unlike large ill-shaped dogs-andof a greenish brown colour.
The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his F...
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Ungainly form across language varieties
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