The ugly cumbersomeness of the furniture alone impressed her now.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
They are far removed from the power of early work; there is a cumbersomeness about their draperies, and a sameness in pose and style, but the face of St. Boniface is lovely, and those of St. Jerome and St. John solemn and grand, while all the figures are well-proportioned, and stand well on their feet.
"Great Masters in Painting: Perugino"
George C. Williamson
Owing to its cumbersomeness the old-fashioned way of handling it becomes obsolete, and new methods will have to be adopted and hydraulic machinery procured.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson