The phrase "awkward appearance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that looks uncomfortable, clumsy, or out of place.
Example: "Despite her talent, she often felt self-conscious about her awkward appearance during performances."
Alternatives: "ungraceful look" or "clumsy appearance".
Sometimes their father would make an awkward appearance.
The actor star grew doughy and dishevelled, and he famously made an awkward appearance on David Letterman's show.
But then, he would also fail the presidential cookie test, as he showed in another awkward appearance with real people last week.
Friday's awkward appearance was Paul's third difficult encounter with a journalist in as many days, leading to questions about his temperament under fire.
That's ultimately what it boils down to, when you really think about what happened with the legendary comedian during his abrupt, awkward appearance on SNL 40 on Sunday.
He is immensely talented, with an efficient shuffle that belies its awkward appearance, but he seems to drift sometimes in his eccentricity.
His awkward appearances on "Late Show With David Letterman" bordered on performance art.
Bill Maher reacted to his awkward "View" appearance on Tuesday when he appeared on "Late Night With David Letterman".
After a rough trek of several days by foot and boat that left him disheveled, dirty and hungry, Franklin, by his own admission, made a "most awkward ridiculous appearance" as he walked up busy Market Street.
Days after an awkward joint appearance with Barack Obama, where the Arizona Republican was about as quiet as a John Cage piece, he is launching a political action committee that will prepare a 2010 bid for re-election to the Senate.Mr McCain won his home state against Mr Obama, but Democrats had started to speculate about challenging him and padding their majority in the upper house.
The Entourage movie is a case in point here, as is every low-rent British sitcom movie that features an awkward, winking appearance by Richard Branson, usually on one of his own planes, heading wherever the characters are going to on holiday.
