How to Use unwieldy in a Sentence

unwieldy

adjective

• The system is outdated and unwieldy.
• The ring is a bit thick, so may be too unwieldy for some.
  — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2024
• The larger the district, the more unwieldy the system gets.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2021
• This is a largely unwieldy truck and the roadway is not the best.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• The omelet sandwich is unwieldy, yes, but deal with it.
  — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• Even still, the group can sometimes get large and unwieldy.
  — Jennifer Swann, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
• While made up of beloved actors, the cast is far too big and unwieldy for the story.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
• It can also be used on stairs, where the Lupe Pure’s was too unwieldy.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 23 June 2021
• Much more than that, and the platform becomes heavy and unwieldy.
  — Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2020
• And roughly two-thirds in, the movie begins to feel a bit cluttered and unwieldy.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Dec. 2022
• The Eyebrow Tamer Got unwieldy eyebrows with a life of their own?
  — The Editors, Marie Claire, 29 Sep. 2020
• The sit-a-year rules proved to be unwieldy, with the athletes having the right to apply for a waiver.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 15 Apr. 2021
• Many of them add hard disk drives to the Macintosh, making the block-map scheme unwieldy.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
• In the middle of a frantic firefight, this is way too unwieldy.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2021
• Why else would anyone battle a quahog, the most unwieldy of clams, too big and chewy for the raw bar?
  — Korsha Wilson, WSJ, 18 Feb. 2021
• Why does non-small cell cancer have such an unwieldy name?
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 31 Jan. 2022
• It’s unwieldy when hauled in a backpack, and works best as a kind of backyard speaker.
  — Boone Ashworth, Wired, 9 Mar. 2021
• Instead, opt for this solid body oil that has all of the perks without the unwieldy liquid.
  — Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Upon release, the game was just unwieldy enough to be compelling.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
• Spring knocks us forward and sends us into the future, unwieldy in our stature.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• But the pandemic remains unwieldy in New York, and across the country.
  — New York Times, 4 Apr. 2021
• The giant rafts are too unwieldy for the tug’s engine to handle, the crew said, making the work dangerous.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2022
• Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, unwieldy crowds have flocked to the city for spring break.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• That’s on the short side for survival knives on land, but is about right for boating, where a big blade can quickly start to feel unwieldy.
  — Justin Park, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
• Moreover, the pack had been getting big and unwieldy, conditions that spur the urge to disperse.
  — New York Times, 20 June 2022
• The second was the size of Destiny 2 on Bungie’s side, where the game had become too unwieldy to manage and improve behind the scenes.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• In reality, this is just a fraction of the song's unwieldy 12-minute length.
  — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• For all McCarthy’s attempts to maintain one, a big tent can be unwieldy.
  — Lissandra Villa, Time, 23 Apr. 2021
• The sacking of Diess proves just how unwieldy managing the VW Group can be with its three main groups of stakeholders.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 July 2022
• The unwieldy tone, which teeters between ominous and light camp (there’s a shocking toupee and overdone homoeroticism), implodes on itself, and the rest of the episodes are a repetitive slog.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024