Sentence examples for awkward children from inspiring English sources
Ruth has cumbersome hands, a wart and a clumsy disposition; she has awkward children who don't respect her, and animals that eat butter and vomit over her carpets.
Katharine Beals Philadelphia, Feb. 10, 2009 The writer is the author of a forthcoming book about raising bright, quirky and socially awkward children.
Megan and Liz Points for diligence: the homemade videos on Megan and Liz's YouTube channel date back five years, when these fraternal twins were young and awkward and covering songs like all the other young, awkward children with access to video cameras and high-speed Internet.
As of next year, further education (FE) colleges will be able to take children from the age of 14. "The danger is that every headmaster and headmistress in the country will be persuading their most difficult and awkward children to go and sign on to the local FE college.
By 1952, the sense of a freakishly adept technology enthusiast had appeared in science fiction maestro Robert Heinlein's short story "The Year of the Jackpot" ("the poor geek!" being the phrase) – and by the 1980s it had become a common label for socially awkward children obsessed with new technological devices.
Like all awkward children, I imagined transcending my station in life and being the center of attention.
By Téa Obreht I was an awkward child.
Brian Warner was a geeky, unfortunate, awkward child, and so he was marginalised by other children.
He was an awkward child, cross-eyed and uncomfortable around girls.
He was an awkward child who found it difficult to socialise.
