Sentence examples for awkward challenge from inspiring English sources

Yet Washington is an awkward challenge for the contemporary scholar.

Director Michael Bay knew he faced an awkward challenge.

AEK were disrupted early when the central defender Geraldo injured a knee while making an awkward challenge on Jô.

Ferdinand was right behind him and Old Trafford held its breath when the defender took the plunge, placed an awkward challenge and Tevez tumbled to earth.

Gattuso described the awkward challenge by Clark as a "very dangerous foul," but added: "I don't know, maybe it's not a red card.

All of which represents an awkward challenge for Mr. Erdogan — who had urged Egypt's former leader, Hosni Mubarak, to listen to his own people during the Egyptian uprising — and to Turkey's broader reputation as the region's most advanced democracy.

Shocked at what just happened, I felt awkward challenging the server's professional choice not to replace the course, especially knowing the incident was visible to everyone else in the restaurant.

I concede that it can be awkward to challenge someone you hope will pass you the gravy at the next family dinner.

Barack Obama's plan to achieve gun control reform through executive actions had Republican candidates for president facing an awkward Sunday challenge: how to denounce a president for supporting something you once signed into law.

Junior researchers will undoubtedly find it awkward to challenge an entrenched literature.

British politicians like those in other advanced democracies face the awkward dual challenges of fickleness and indifference.