Gardener's clumsy efforts to cheer her up met with no success.

She was too young to have much skill at it, but that very youth made even her clumsy efforts effective.

I suppose your tail is a clumsy effort in that direction.

It had been lived in not long since, and only a clumsy effort made to conceal the fact.

But clumsy efforts at reassurance continue, with claims that Government work is unaffected.

Then, to her surprise and growing confidence, she discovered her clumsy efforts did work!

More striking, though, was his relatively frank discussion of China's often clumsy efforts to deal with the problem.

As such, I was afraid our clumsy theatrical efforts would be immediately transparent.

Once I'm dead, she'll be back to having to make do with your clumsy occasional efforts at lovemaking.

It was a clumsy effort, reminiscent of high school, and she recoiled before he could finish.