| It carries with it connotations both of simplicity and naturalness as well as ill-breeding and clownishness. |
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| It's doubtful if either of the two gentlemen have the chops for such clownishness, although they both are reputed to have fierce tempers. |
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| The figure and ground merge and transform into a garish clownishness you've never seen before, a space that is strange, familiar, and credible. |
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| For all the colorful costumes and props and clownishness, this production lacks the emotional and mythic dimensions of Beaumont's vision. |
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| It's doubtful if either has the chops for such clownishness, although they both are reputed to have fierce tempers. |
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| For all the flotsam and jetsam of colourful costumes and props and clownishness, this production lacks the emotional and mythic dimensions of Beaumont's vision. |
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| Sometimes the only thing to do is laugh at their clownishness. |
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| Boehner's tenacity owes far more to the institutional structures of the modern Republican party than it does to the clownishness of his would-be deposers, even though it is incredibly tempting to chalk it up to that alone. |
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| Mr. Epp erases Truffaldino's clownishness in a speech bemoaning the intrinsically unhappy plight of servants, whether of one master or many, by turning it into a veritable aria of sorrow. |
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