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Word: awkward (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...pull his oar through. 3 doesn't finish his stroke, gets too little body swing, and starts his slide too slowly. 4 feathers too flatly, and doesn't pull his stroke through to the body. 5 needs to wake up, and yeaks his hands in at finish. 6 is awkward, feathers poorly, is unsteady on recover, and doesn't swing out quick enough. 7 doesn't follow stroke quick enough, and doesn't pull his oar through. Stroke drops down at full reach and hangs. As a whole the crew is too slow at the catch shows too little life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Crew. | 6/7/1890 | See Source »

...Jones, '92, 163 pounds. Rowing well but a little stiffly. Does not bend freely and a little awkward in the use of his slide. Recovers well but rows a little short...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Criticism of University Crew. | 3/1/1890 | See Source »

...amusing. Peg, no doubt was a little low. Miss Sheridan as Mabel Vane is a little out of the aim of criticism. It is hard to say just what a country girl should do. Mabel is no doubt very lovable, but Miss Sheridan in the picture scene is certainly awkward. It is perhaps unjust to criticise so much a play worth seeing, and acting worth admiring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Theatres. | 1/28/1890 | See Source »

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