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The phrase "awkward dance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a dance that appears clumsy or uncomfortable, either in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The couple's awkward dance at the wedding made everyone smile, as they clearly were not experienced dancers."
Alternatives: "clumsy dance" or "ungraceful dance".
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We passed the glasses around each other's backs, in an awkward dance.
Throughout the day, the American paratroopers and Iraqi civilians engaged in an awkward dance.
The result has been a slow, awkward dance, in which both sides are playing hard to get.
Reduced to a series of mechanical operations, the building is nonetheless as alive as the people inside it, with whom it is locked in an awkward dance.
He won hearts in India with his forthright answers to college students and awkward dance moves with disadvantaged children, and in Indonesia, where his personal biography resonated.
The woman in his stone garden took a breath — he saw her quiver — and essayed a few awkward dance steps, a sweep of an arm, of both arms.
Now an increasing number of subscription services have cut out the awkward dance of approaching makeup-counter personnel for a freebie.
He later appeared on Ellen DeGeneres's talk show and did an awkward dance to Crazy in Love.Those are some choice bits from New York magazine's Electopedia.
It was the beginning of an awkward dance between business and romance that would eventually lead to the worst moment of my career.
Their presence captures the rise of one elite and the decline of another, and the sometimes awkward dance between these groups as this process unfolds.
As Christophe Delachaux observes during a touchingly awkward dance with Martin Kravitz, "the difference between a duet and the two of us is not exactly clear".
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