Sentence examples for acutely awkward from inspiring English sources

"Oil's a finite reserve".For Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish government in faraway Edinburgh, Mr Priest's critique is acutely awkward.

The naturalistically rendered domestic woes of a young teacher bump up against an obese student's semi-successful attempts at inter-dimensional travel; an acutely awkward Halloween dance becomes a vomit-splattered orgy.

To watch him being talked out of his initial decision not to allow Connacht to kick their last penalty to touch with the clock turned red now makes for acutely awkward viewing, especially the way he ended up agreeing with John Muldoon, Connacht's captain having pointed out the new law, as if he'd known all along.

They found it acutely embarrassing.

From the first moment, when you blunder in, negotiating your way past a slightly rancid old sofa that partially blocks the entrance (Work No 142, A Large Piece of Furniture Partially Obstructing a Door), he makes you acutely aware of your own awkward, lumbering physical presence.

Chelsea are acutely aware that this section could become awkward, particularly with Juventus having already claimed a point at Stamford Bridge and with trips to come to Turin and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Reviewer awkward unicorn felt the themes of gender identity and changing sexuality were acutely portrayed by Talley: This is the first book I've read that goes into so much detail about gender identity and still manages to treat it with the utmost sensitivity and respect.

And as spoken by a gracefully awkward cast led by the wondrous Linda Emond, Chekhov's dialogue has rarely registered as so acutely self-contradictory.

Acutely problematic.

Patient is acutely ill.

Wilson felt the loss acutely.