How to Use awkward in a Sentence

awkward

adjective

• He was put in the awkward position of having to write the memo.
• He feels awkward with strangers.
• He had large feet and his walk was awkward and ungainly.
• There was an awkward pause in the conversation.
• The machine is very awkward to operate.
• She is awkward at dancing.
• She is an awkward writer.
• The story contained some awkward writing.
• I often find myself in awkward situations.
• On the ground, vultures are hunched and awkward bundles of feathers, but in the air, where I watch them during much of the day, they are magnificent graceful soarers.
  — Words From the Land, Stephen Trimble, editor, 1988
• Despite this awkward encounter, Preet agreed to come for drinks.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
• The timing is awkward for Charles, who is in the very early days of his kingship.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
• Reading it aloud can help highlight any awkward phrasing or areas that lack impact.
  — Andrew Fennell, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
• There are a few awkward moments between Cameron and Harper.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 20 Nov. 2022
• Petro‘s public interventions with Blinken were awkward.
  — Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• Part of that has to do with an attempt to connect this slasher franchise to deeper contemplation about the nature of evil, which merely yields laughably awkward moments in the wrong places.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
• Selig said running the Select Board has similarly gone almost normally, even if the meetings have their awkward moments.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• Once the Cold War ended, the states reached sometimes awkward accommodations in the post-Soviet sphere.
  — Maria Snegovaya, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
• The next steps Around the league, the manner of Friday’s operation came off to some as unnecessarily awkward.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
• Without the central glue of SUR, Vanderpump’s own presence in her namesake show also began to feel awkward and clunky.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2024
• But awkwardness is really a collective failure – people aren’t awkward, situations are.
  — Alexandra Plakias, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
• The legs grew before the rest of the body, so the gait was awkward at first.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2024
• This is when things start to take a bit of an awkward turn.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2024
• The fights are silly; the final scene in the tomb is bizarrely quick and awkward.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
• But the awkward use of big words makes for bad writing.
  — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
• And man does Burd love, and lean all the way into, awkward.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2023
• And suddenly the whole thing seemed kind of awkward and in bad taste.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• The result was an awkward Frankenstein of tone and rhythm that could make the corniest dad cringe.
  — Caleb Madison, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2023
• Tried scooting back to the rear of the seat, but then pedaling was plain awkward.
  — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• As the ball took an awkward bounce toward the pitcher’s mound, Warner was in a full-on sprint.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024