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Recent Examples of klutz
Leslie played along, pretending to be a klutz who liked being harshed by a pre-school kid.
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Noor Hassan, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Gender-flipping a few genre tropes — like showing the guy as the klutz and having the girl chase him down to proclaim her love — no longer passes for subversive.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Playing Dawn Summers, Trachtenberg joined the show in 2000, as Buffy's younger sister, who was at times bratty, sulky, and a bit of a klutz — but nonetheless offered a new and exciting sibling dynamic for the show to explore.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Join for hilarious segments like kids on the naughty list, Christmas klutzes, and those hilariously fed up with the festivities.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
On-the-go photographers, field workers, and hopeless klutzes will want to give this tough drive a strong second look.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 10 July 2024
Noor Hassan, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Gender-flipping a few genre tropes — like showing the guy as the klutz and having the girl chase him down to proclaim her love — no longer passes for subversive.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Playing Dawn Summers, Trachtenberg joined the show in 2000, as Buffy's younger sister, who was at times bratty, sulky, and a bit of a klutz — but nonetheless offered a new and exciting sibling dynamic for the show to explore.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Join for hilarious segments like kids on the naughty list, Christmas klutzes, and those hilariously fed up with the festivities.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
On-the-go photographers, field workers, and hopeless klutzes will want to give this tough drive a strong second look.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 10 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for klutz
Noun
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There’s married mom of six Angela (Alexandra Melrose), who needs a break from the double-wide trailer and her lummox spouse.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
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Fraser was everywhere in the 1990s and early 2000s: a sweetly handsome, blue-eyed lummox whose starring roles established him as a perpetual naif.—
Ty Burr,
Washington Post,
1 Dec. 2022
Noun
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YouTube says the rollout will happen over the coming weeks and that support for more AI dubs in different languages will be added over time.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
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The film is available in theaters in its original Japanese dialogue, as well as an English dub.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Carrie raves to Seema about her creative connection with Duncan, and during another writing session, Duncan helps Carrie with her faulty printer and gawks at her closet full of designer dresses and shoes.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
31 July 2025
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Here, the blurring is visual: Sometimes Leonard floats into the past looking like Gere, who wears the character without a shred of self-protection as the lens gawks at his raw skin.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
Noun
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One of the synthetic pyrethroids could also help control the young lubber grasshoppers.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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Land lubbers hike: Lace up those shoes for a 9 to 11 a.m. excursion on Sunday, Oct. 20, to Ansel’s Cave in The West Woods in Russell Township.—
Joan Rusek,
cleveland,
30 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Shearer and Teplin had just announced that Witherspoon’s company Hello Sunshine bought their business when Shearer discovered a lump in her right breast.—
Eileen Finan,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.—
Detroit Free Press,
Freep.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Klutz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/klutz. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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