gawky - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • teenager: Peyton McKenzie is a shy, gawky teenager, living with her widowed father, when her cousin Nora comes for a visit.
  • girl: Although I struggle for a recollection of a gawky big girl, I can never bring her into focus.

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