Example Sentences

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There follows a catalog of gaucheness and indiscretion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

There is something about the blatant gaucheness of it all that seems to have inspired a particularly keen degree of investigative interest in the case.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2019

Chace has the kind of can-do American know-how of a Coen Brothers character, where bullheaded gaucheness acts as a disarming form of down-home competence.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2018

In preparing for the role, Dano thought long about what type of gaucheness he was trying to embody.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2015

Obinze was drawn to his gaucheness; in the young man’s clothes, and in the way that he stood, was an outsiderness he could not shield even if he had wanted to.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie