The phrase "awkward area" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a space or situation that feels uncomfortable or difficult to navigate, either physically or socially.
Example: "During the meeting, there was an awkward area of silence after the controversial topic was brought up."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable zone" or "difficult space".
More than that, he punted like a metronome, repeatedly spiralling the ball 60 or 70 metres into touch, or into awkward areas downfield.
Instead, I was surprised to see the two treat each other respectfully and answer questions honestly, accounting for awkward areas of nuance, rather than reduce serious topics to pithy sound bites.
This was made all the more evident by the straining of his regular vocal accomplice, Lisa Fischer, who had the unenviable task of filling in for both Sting ("La Belle Dame Sans Regrets") and Mr. Bocelli ("Italia"), singing in awkward areas of her range.
Painting in awkward areas can be tough with a traditional paint brush.
That means no touching in awkward areas, giggling, staring, pointing, drooling, etc. Usually meetings are very expensive, so be ready to spend some money.
So the Brothers face a difficult test". Until now, religion has occupied an awkward twilight area in Egypt's mummified political life, grudgingly accepted but technically banned.
While that seems like a great opportunity to get work out their for photographers, it's also in that awkward gray area where artists give out work for free online in exchange for "exposure," a practice that some consider exploitative.
Dr Ranzani and his many collaborators set out to build a tentacle that could, for example, wind its way into an awkward target area and then hold delicate organs out of the way with one stretch of its length, while another part of the arm operates.
The New York artist Leidy Churchman uses his/her transgender status to explore the awkward gray areas in all of us.
Manhattan's borders have defied planners intent on including them in the comprehensive gridiron pattern of streets and avenues that have been imposed on most of the borough, so that the waterfront is pocked with awkward marginal areas where innumerable blind alleys and runty byways lie in wait to confound the unwary.
