And regarded as a medium for startling and thought-provoking things, the stage seems to me an extremely clumsy and costly affair.

The doctor waited for her to reach the biobed and sit down- a clumsy affair at best, given the bulk of the containment suit.

They had laughed over the clumsy affair.

It was a clumsy, boxlike affair, with that singular lack of gloss and polish that marks the homemade object.

With it, the salad becomes a clumsy knife-and-fork affair.

The ones I saw were big, clumsy affairs from the 70's.

Both the clumsy affair and its muddling consequences feel achingly real.

That clumsy affair had already harmed the reputation of the Federal German Republic.

Bond's first dive was a clumsy affair.

They rarely fly: take off is made with difficulty, and landing is a clumsy, low-angled affair with no attempt to lower the feet.