The phrase "awkward debates" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe discussions or arguments that are uncomfortable, clumsy, or lacking in smoothness.
Example: "The meeting was filled with awkward debates about the new policy changes, leaving everyone feeling uneasy."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable discussions" or "clumsy arguments".
She is a fluent, if often aimless, orator, a skill she can use to shut down awkward debate.
It is an awkward place to be, not least because he finds himself at the epicentre of an awkward debate.
Trump, ever alert to when he is losing a room, later permitted Ramos to rejoin the group, and they had an awkward debate.
So why was there such an awkward debate over this phrase after Barack Obama's announcement last month that special forces advisers would be deployed to Syria?
But the cartoon, in which a demure schoolteacher, Jiya, transforms into the action heroine by donning a burqa, or traditional cloak, has also triggered an awkward debate about her costume.
TROY, Mich .- The day after Rick Perry had perhaps his most awkward debate stumble this cycle, Mitt Romney kept his focus trained squarely on President Obama, embracing his Michigan roots at a rally in Troy on Thursday and never once mentioning any of his Republican rivals.
— The day after Rick Perry had perhaps his most awkward debate stumble this cycle, Mitt Romney kept his focus trained squarely on President Obama, embracing his Michigan roots at a rally in Troy on Thursday and never once mentioning any of his Republican rivals.
Meanwhile, Santorum's only contributions to the primary were tremendously awkward debate performances.
20 Moscow's awkward internal debate on an American-led war on terror.
But in using the argument to support gay marriage in Massachusetts, where the case arose, the judge created an awkward new debating point within the less-government movement about where social goals and government policy intersect, or perhaps collide.
