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The phrase "a very awkward time" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a period or moment that feels uncomfortable or tense, often in social situations or during events.
Example: "Meeting my ex at the party created a very awkward time for both of us."
Alternatives: "an extremely uncomfortable moment" or "a rather tense situation".
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"It is obviously a very awkward time for everybody...a very worrying and destabilising time", he said.
It's been a very awkward time for him but he seems to have healed those wounds.
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"Arguably we've all been there and it's a very awkward and complex and confusing time of life," Dr. Becky Inkster, a Cambridge neuroscientist, told the BBC.
A build up of sexual tension is electrifying, but leaning in at the wrong time or catching someone unawares will only lead to a very awkward, uncomfortable moment.
It was a very awkward situation.
It was a very awkward meeting.
It puts me in a very awkward position.
Which puts me in a very awkward [inaudible].
"It was a very awkward situation," Ms. Poster said.
"He's got a very awkward style," Jones said.
This puts the pope in a very awkward situation.
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