Moments later, another helicopter flew past, an odd-looking, ungainly beast with an elongated, rounded fuselage and prominent round windows along the sides.

The elephant seal is an ungainly beast about which few soft, gooey words of affection have ever been spoken.

They were great, ungainly beasts, their dark fur immensely thick for the long hibernations, their eyes huge for the moonless moontime dark.

As he forged on the scent of Ta became stronger, until at last the huge, ungainly beast loomed large before Nu's eyes.

The pack of extra clothing on his back gave him the appearance of an ungainly beast.

"Why, such ungainly beasts as they could only be things of witch-moss, look you-so I thought at them, to change their shape to something harmless."

The ultimate attraction is undoubtedly the annual wildebeest migration in July and August, when millions of these ungainly beasts move north from the Serengeti.

After 50 years of overengineering, it has morphed into a bizarre, ungainly beast that can no longer run, fly or even lay eggs.

There were several ignoramuses in the bogs near Cat Isle; they were big ungainly beasts with bovine opinions.

The thing lurched up a gravel track, an ungainly beast.