Thoughts, emotions, and feelings raged through her, but she had only clumsy, inefficient words to express them.

I've never been a fan of oral history, finding the spoken word leaden and clumsy in print.

What a clumsy word for such a delicate taste.

Pal could have kicked himself for his clumsy words.

A clumsy word now would be enough.

Chakotay knew him well enough to know the sincerity that lay behind the clumsy words.

He wished his cat tongue could form the clumsy human words better.

"Sieuri," Quin added, the foreign word clumsy on his tongue.

She was beginning to pick up his clumsy words, but not his meaning.

How can I describe a dream in clumsy words?