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:

  • 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.

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

  • Dario Fo's play Accidental Death of an Anarchist proved that the Grouchoesque clown could be an anarchic avenger, driving fascists to apoplexy; and Lina Wertmuller's Seven Beauties (1976), however gross and ham-handed, at least suggested that a concentration camp could function as a legitimate setting for a black-comic parable about a parasite's struggle to survive at all costs.

  • 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."


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