The phrase "awkward case" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or example that is uncomfortable or difficult to handle.
Example: "In this awkward case, we must consider the feelings of both parties involved before making a decision."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable situation" or "difficult scenario".
In what has been an awkward case for the regulator, the SEC's previous agreement was tossed out by the same judge last year.
For those who argue that the UK, and the south-east of England in particular, is "full up", Ashford is an awkward case.
It is an awkward case for the Gore high command, however, because he is fighting on other fronts to include rather than exclude questionable ballots.
Huhne stuck out as an awkward case as he refused to play the role of contrite fallen man that Perry had prepared for him.
There's also the awkward case of Dan Stein, longtime president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which has played a key role in developing and defending Trump's immigration crackdown.
During this year's ceremony, audiences saw Harris engage in a song and dance number with Anna Kendrick and Jack Black and recreate Michael Keaton's awkward case of public nudity from Birdman.
As is often the case in awkward cases - where the system does not quite work as intended - a few things can be drawn from this episode.
If the attack happened when the brother reached Macau, a Chinese territory, China as his protector as well as a friend of North Korea's leadership would face an awkward police case, results of which would either anger Kim Jorg-un otherher countries.
The combined effect of the documentary and the play did a lot to suffuse the 1960s with an anti-war spirit that helpfully overlooked the awkward moral case of the second world war.
The latest salvo from the city's most awkward divorce case comes with a useful lesson -- namely, that the public must finally realize that it cannot blame the messenger for the moral lapses, the bad taste, the foibles of public figures.
The outrage becomes awkward in the case of Andrew Slattery because his poems so impressed the literary establishment.
