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The bulk of “The Rise of Skywalker” involves characters in closeup expelling greeting-card-like slogans with vehemence and dour conviction, punctuated by lumpishly unchoreographed biff-bash-and-blam fight scenes.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 19, 2019

While Section 605 has sat lumpishly on the books, serving mainly to bar wiretap evidence in federal courts, wiretapping has flourished.

From Time Magazine Archive

Throughout, in a distinctive style, dynamic, sinuous but often lumpishly awkward, he affectionately illustrates the rhythm, energy and drama of American life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead of soaring 200 miles out over the Atlantic as it was supposed to do, the Redstone roared a few inches into the air and then settled lumpishly back onto its launching pad.

From Time Magazine Archive

How could such a mercurial creature as a poet lumpishly keep his seat on the receipt of the best news from his best friend.

From The Letters of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert