Example sentences for: klutz

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

  • Yiddish is especially versatile in describing those poor souls who inhabit the world of the ineffectual, and each is assigned a distinct place in the gallery of pathetic types: schmo, schmendrik, schnook, schmegegge, schlep, schlub, schmuck, putz, klutz, kvetch , and nudnik . Yiddish easily coins new names for new personalities: a nudnik is a `pest'; a phudnik is a `nudnik with a Ph.D.' The rich nuances that suffuse this roll call are seen in the timeless distinction between a schlemiel `clumsy jerk' and a schlimazel `habitual loser': the schlemiel inevitably trips and spills his hot soup—all over the schlimazel.

  • I am writing only to indicate what pleasure the ballet, now readily available on videotape, has given this klutz, and to suggest that others like me might also get pleasure from it.

  • These rude and unappreciated remarks just slip out; the verbal equivalent of being a klutz.

  • The appeal is credible because we've just watched a technology-impaired klutz use the new HP printer to become a faux mother and thus accomplish one of the most difficult of all tasks--putting a crying baby to sleep.

  • A Klutz at the Ballet


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