gawkier; gawkiest
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the stiff, gawky gait of a newborn colt
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Puberty and the ‘gawky brain’ In the film, Riley is 13-years-old, still playing hockey, and preparing for high school.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 June 2024
The way Dunst scrunches her eyebrows and speaks in her highest register, never abandoning her character’s gawky sincerity, is a comedic gold mine.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Observers marveled at the gawky athlete’s 5.17-second 40-yard-dash entering the NFL.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024
Yet her body — later seen naked — is a child's, thin and gawky.
—Kristin McMurran, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
Coppola had submitted a picture of herself at fourteen—gawky and beaming, with an asymmetrical haircut—sitting at the tony Parisian restaurant Davé next to the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
But now, in adulthood, those former gawky adolescents are getting the last laugh.
—Laura Neilson, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
For motorists travelling north on I-93, 50 Prospect looms in the distance like an overly tall, gawky teenager.
—James McCown, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
On Tuesday, Rodgers sang with fierce intensity, danced Tina’s trademark shimmying steps to perfection and credibly matured from gawky teen to suicidal abuse victim to confident and no-nonsense superstar.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 June 2024
The way Dunst scrunches her eyebrows and speaks in her highest register, never abandoning her character’s gawky sincerity, is a comedic gold mine.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Observers marveled at the gawky athlete’s 5.17-second 40-yard-dash entering the NFL.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024
Yet her body — later seen naked — is a child's, thin and gawky.
—Kristin McMurran, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
Coppola had submitted a picture of herself at fourteen—gawky and beaming, with an asymmetrical haircut—sitting at the tony Parisian restaurant Davé next to the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
But now, in adulthood, those former gawky adolescents are getting the last laugh.
—Laura Neilson, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
For motorists travelling north on I-93, 50 Prospect looms in the distance like an overly tall, gawky teenager.
—James McCown, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
On Tuesday, Rodgers sang with fierce intensity, danced Tina’s trademark shimmying steps to perfection and credibly matured from gawky teen to suicidal abuse victim to confident and no-nonsense superstar.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
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“Gawky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gawky. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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gawky
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gawkier; gawkiest
gawkiness
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