And while the sweet musician plays, Let me in outline sketch them all, Perchance uncouthly as the blaze With its uncertain touch portrays Their shadowy semblance on the wall.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Immediately the little master fled away, jumping uncouthly on one leg, through the gates and shutting them after him with a yell.
"Sintram and His Companions"
Friedrich de la Motte Fouque Commentator: Charlotte M. Yonge
He tells how uncouthly Lincoln was dressed, even with one trousers-leg higher than the other, and of how awkward he was, and of how poorly, at first, he spoke and with what apparent embarrassment.
"Acres of Diamonds"
Russell H. Conwell