clowny
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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“We design for her, the customer. We don’t design for, ‘Oh I came back from Saint-Tropez and something looked clowny, but I think we should have it,’” Rudes said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024
"It was like a weird, clowny character with kind of sunken eyes, and then a big red nose," they said.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2024
I got rid of the musical, clowny elements and did a standup show about feminism from a working-class woman’s perspective.
From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2020
There was Ab Fab and Gimme Gimme Gimme," says Hart, in her cluttered office at BBC Television Centre, "and so I remained in this buffoony, clowny era, and just thought nothing had changed.
From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2010
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