Example Sentences

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This is where I had to dive in with both hands to inelegantly get at the beef.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2022

But there are tributes and pandering, and a few of those direct lifts are placed within the plot as inelegantly as you can imagine.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2021

However inelegantly phrased, it’s a possibility that Ackerman doesn’t really address.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2021

The comments were mostly shrugged off in Mexico, where many viewed them as accurate, if inelegantly expressed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2020

She fished inelegantly in the oilskin pouch and handed him the velvet package.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman