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Meanings of clumsy attempt in English

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Usage of clumsy attempt in English
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Buck Daniels lumbered slowly after them in a clumsy attempt at sauntering.
The Night Horseman
2
And we both pretended my clumsy attempt at kissing him never happened.
Cleopatra's Moon
3
Grabbing a plastic lighter she made a clumsy attempt at striking it.
Mooch
4
I managed to dodge its clumsy attempt and snatched up my ikupasuy.
World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
5
Once more Pike ignored the younger man's clumsy attempt to perturb him.
Star trek movie tie-in
6
My clumsy attempt to signal my openness threw him into a panic.
Ebony
7
There was a clumsy attempt to do me bodily harm, to-assassinate me.
Flowing Gold
8
They both ignored the poor fellow and his honest, clumsy attempt.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
9
He took such a delight in teaching me, in my every clumsy attempt.
Kensuke’s Kingdom
10
He wrote back in a clumsy attempt to mitigate her despair.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
11
He makes a clumsy attempt to take the Master's hand and kiss it.
The Two Destinies
12
He smiled again, and waved away a clumsy attempt of mine to reply.
The Dew of Their Youth
13
Never did she see such a buzzing, clumsy attempt at imitation as this.
The Cheerful Cricket and Others
14
I was disappointed by her clumsy attempt at placating me.
Nemesis
15
She considered her clumsy attempt to shape a piece of wood into an oar.
Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
16
A clumsy attempt to extort money, which ought not to be allowed to succeed.
Roger Ingleton, Minor
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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