The phrase "awkward balance of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is a difficult or uncomfortable equilibrium between two or more elements.
Example: "The film presents an awkward balance of humor and tragedy, leaving the audience unsure of how to feel."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable mix of" or "clumsy equilibrium of".
In Texas' split system, an awkward balance of state and local control and financing, it's difficult to get an answer to the simplest question: who's to blame?
The sometimes awkward balance of whimsy and stark reality was summed up in the event's poster, which featured the artist Liza Lou's sculpture of a prison toilet covered in thousands of tiny white glass beads, an outgrowth of a project in which she beaded every surface of a prison cell.
The awkward balance of new parenting can upset any marriage, and when there is illness, and stress, and sometimes special needs there can be distance, fear and grieving too.
The Court struck an awkward balance between freedoms of speech and religion, one that in this instance disadvantaged a small but visible and persecuted sect.
And they have pushed the courts into allowing more government money to support religious activities: the Supreme Court has sanctioned vouchers to be used at religious schools.This awkward balance between the state financing of the sacred (good) and allowing displays of it (bad) owes much to Sandra Day O'Connor, the swing voter on religious issues and one of the justices who may soon retire.
The temple's history is entwined with that of the Dalai Lama, which makes for an awkward balance between celebrating the past and ignoring the present.
Yet partnerships still face the awkward balance between bonuses and payments to owners.
It cited continuing restrictions of political freedoms and widespread abuses by the police and security forces against those viewed as dissenters, underscoring the administration's sometimes awkward balance between idealism and pragmatism in foreign relations.
The awkward balance between mind and matter, academics and ambition, doesn't pervert college's native mission.
What seems most likely is that China, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. will practice a rather awkward triangular balance of power in the Persian Gulf, reflective of an understanding of their mutual and interwoven dependencies, which limits their mutual capacity to deny each other a preeminent role in the region.
Hardly a scene of harsh interrogation and detention for which Moroccan prisons are known, Mr. Rafiki's plush prison life is evidence of an awkward balancing act between the crackdown on militants in many countries and the power those militants can hold over the authorities.
