Example Sentences

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Its cloddishness is, if anything, a proud Hollywood staple.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2017

But some five minutes later, my cloddishness about touching the floor with my hands while crouched in a frog stance caused him to yell at me, “Get lower!”

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2012

Oscar Homolka plays the sodden father with cunning cloddishness; Director Irving Rapper handles the shabby sets and shabby people with an astringent bite.

From Time Magazine Archive

When we call a thing earthy we impute cloddishness; by 'watery' we imply insipidness; 'airy' is for something trivial.

From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir