Example sentences for: ham-handed

How can you use “ham-handed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But so far, the Democrats aren't cooperating and the Republicans have been ham-handed.

  • If only the same fate had befallen Burn Hollywood Burn . Critics have called it "bilious," "ham-handed," "a hapless display ...

  • One of his more ham-handed efforts was made evident on the front page of the New York Times , Monday, June 2, in an article about Bennett's defense of President Clinton in the sexual-harassment suit filed by Paula Jones.

  • Capital city Baku is "rampant with ham-handed Russian spies, as well as Turkish gangsters (known for their proud display of chest hair), black-eyed Chechen revolutionaries, paranoid American diplomats, fanatical Iranian terrorists and financial speculators of various nationalities."

  • The book was winnowed from more than 800 pages to about half that length in a ham-handed editing process that would have horrified Hemingway, who carefully chose every word he wrote.


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