Quotes about ungainly (3 Quotes)

In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch

After a momentary silence spake Some Vessel of a more ungainly Make 'They sneer at me for leaning all awry What did the Hand of the Potter shake'

But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore -
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore.