Elinor Caplan, the immigration minister, has annoyed many by her clumsy handling of the issue.

ECONOMIST: Immigration in Canada

She can now skate 100 laps with no problem and no longer feels clumsy on her feet.

CNN: Roller derby captain drops 100 pounds

Beneath that patent cynicism, though, and beneath her paranoia, her cunning, her crude self-promotion, her manipulations, both clumsy and deft, is a weird sincerity.

NEWYORKER: The Miner��s Daughter

The whole network of clumsy alliances was quickly spinning around her.

NEWYORKER: Luda and Milena

Her face was shiny and her color unhealthy, and there were cuts so clumsy that they seemed like vintage Monty Python gags.

NEWYORKER: The Miner��s Daughter

The president said she was "personally absolutely devastated" by the furore, that her critics had been "absolutely right" and acknowledged she had been clumsy and had hurt people.

BBC: Mary McAleese and her husband Martin during Belfast visit

As a child, Candy had ridden her bike between clumps of impatiens and begonia and stands of banana trees, clumsy with their thick, waxy leaves.

NEWYORKER: The Visitor