The president, by announcing his own endorsement on Wednesday in an interview on ABC, avoided the awkwardness of coming here seemingly at odds with Mr. Biden on the issue.
Arsenal will avoid the awkwardness of a qualification match during a truncated tournament summer as long as they avoid defeat when they host Aston Villa next Sunday.
"People might revert to baking pies or making cookies" to avoid the awkwardness of spending money on someone who cannot reciprocate.
A major reason, they said, is that they want to avoid the awkwardness of inviting Representative Rick A. Lazio, an influential advocate for the bill, who is running against Hillary Rodham Clinton in the New York race for the Senate.
My snobbery about separating church from state, so to speak, worsened - to the point where I've skipped book parties and signings because I'd rather avoid the awkwardness of not having a book to present for a signature.
The sharp upturn in Michael O'Leary's fortunes at Ireland's biggest Christmas meeting continued here on Thursday, when Ryanair's chief executive avoided the awkwardness of presenting the prize in the feature event – the Ryanair Hurdle, no less – to Willie Mullins, the trainer he ditched in a dispute over training fees three months ago.
A few years ago, I attended a course on bike maintenance to avoid the awkwardness of turning up in a shop clad in hundreds of pounds worth of kit and wheeling a steed worth hundreds more, only to stammer, "Doesn't work," and hoping someone would fix it for not too much money.
