Sentence examples for awkward day from inspiring English sources

It was not a celebratory moment for Venus Williams, just the end to an awkward day.

The players said it was a sullen, awkward day, with no one knowing how to act.

It was an awkward day for this former British colony and the American corporation, both of which have deep, complicated ties to China.

Then came that awkward day when Bill Belichick bolted to the New England Patriots, and -- voila -- now Groh could be coaching in the Super Bowl instead of in the Fiesta Bowl.

The awkward day of appearances, to be followed by one more fund-raiser with Mr. Simon and Mr. Bush on Saturday morning, was evidence of what is shaping up as a major political disappointment for the White House.

A measurable response from an Anglo-German team, an emotional one from an Italian team whose personnel includes Frenchmen, Englishmen, a South African, a German and a Brazilian - on an awkward day, with a difficult weekend to come, it seemed as well to have them both.

Not forgetting the obligatory awkward Sunday lunch with a visiting cleric of course.

The timing of YouTube's announcement is a little awkward: Thursday marks the start of this year's Sundance Film Festival, and YouTube has cut back on its sponsorship of Sundance this year, although it still has a presence.

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.

The NBA's decision sets up an awfully awkward Friday.

The timing of Donald Trump's foray into blue-state Minnesota turned awkward Sunday when the FBI closed its Hillary Clinton email investigation just as the Republican nominee's plane landed in Minneapolis.