as in uncomfortable
lacking social grace and assurance
an eminent scientist who was wooden in front of television cameras
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Recent Examples of wooden
There are string lights along the wooden fence leading from 59th Street, past the dunes and onto the beach.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
The building had a wooden frame, according to local Fox affiliate WTIC.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
With slasher movie elements and twists as jarring as the wooden man's startling features, Oddity had some horror fans within minutes smashing pause to recover from the brutal opening scene before returning to finish McCarthy's curious haunted house tour de force.
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Use the end of a wooden spoon to press the mint leaves and lime to the bottom of the glass.
—Giovanna Vazquez, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
The building had a wooden frame, according to local Fox affiliate WTIC.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
With slasher movie elements and twists as jarring as the wooden man's startling features, Oddity had some horror fans within minutes smashing pause to recover from the brutal opening scene before returning to finish McCarthy's curious haunted house tour de force.
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Use the end of a wooden spoon to press the mint leaves and lime to the bottom of the glass.
—Giovanna Vazquez, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for wooden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wooden
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Even our most uncomfortable emotions need to be voiced, says Lisa Marie Bobby, psychologist and founder of Growing Self Counseling & Coaching in Denver.Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
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The complaint also details multiple scenes — including a birth scene — where Lively allegedly felt uncomfortable.Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Far from prolific in front of goal, the Senegalese looked out of sorts, full of running and hunger to score but clumsy, his anxious limbs snatching at chances rather than taking them naturally.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The first few episodes were rife with clumsy and, at times, confusing time jumps, many that seemed tacked on to preexisting scenes in an effort to retrofit them for a new, Costner-less reality.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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But the series also revealed an uneasy disconnect between the British public and the media.Katie Marie Davies, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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Here, she’s filmed upside-down against a stark white sky with the old girl bobbing on an uneasy axis.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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At a time when the entire nation is mobilized to protect our identity, such demands are awkward at best.Jordan King, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Most modern cities are full of unused land that's typically considered too small to build housing on, but Signal House, by ISA, shows that shrewd designers can utilize even the most awkward plot of land.Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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Words like warm and rustic and near Sweetgreen come to mind.Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 24 Dec. 2024
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The ruling in Los Angeles Superior Court resolves a contentious fight over one of SoCal’s most iconic music venues, a rustic roadhouse on a former movie set that has hosted countless acts from Paul McCartney and Robert Plant to Lana Del Rey and Jamie xx.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Wooden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wooden. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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