Lincoln was described as "ungainly" and "gawky" as a youth. In the present day, there is Greta Gawky, a clumsy girl who was tall. Charlotte is the youngest daughter, still in her teenage years, she is a gawky loner. Ritter says she was "tall, gawky, awkward, and really, really skinny" to "Philadelphia Style" magazine. She makes virtue of all the terrible things of gawky, miserable adolescence. In this story, a gawky and seasick Hornblower comes aboard his first ship. He has also been described as "gawky".