The phrase "awkward direction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical or metaphorical path that feels uncomfortable or not straightforward.
Example: "The conversation took an awkward direction when he brought up the topic of politics."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable path" or "clumsy route".
As a portentous electronic score begins — its rough static sound mirrors the ominous setting — the dancer Harriet Ritchie whips her arms and legs in awkward directions and writhes on her back.
Sometimes I took the information in socially awkward directions, like challenging my fourth-grade classmates to define clinical terms like "narcissistic rage".
Boomers may feel awkward taking direction from younger bosses and younger bosses may feel awkward dishing it out.
It has become a toxic, socially awkward place without direction.
He thinks better of it, and poses his caddy a test instead, the bagman forced to catch a club lanced at an awkward angle in his direction in mild irritation.
Given the poverty of Austin Pendleton's script, it's not surprising the direction is awkward -- or that the acting is muddy and occasionally stilted.
As the soldiers backed away with guns drawn, the Palestinian girl took a few awkward steps in their direction before one of the soldiers shot her in the stomach and shoulder, leaving her hospitalized and under arrest by Israeli authorities.
The Paperboy (*1/2) Lee Daniels' (Precious...) direction takes an awkward John Waters-type (Hairspray) turn in this embarrassing noir-ish, comedy/drama/erotic/thriller.
(The New York scenes are murky, and the direction is generally awkward.) That reasoning would fly better or at least more sturdily if the filmmaker stuck to the personal angle and didn't try to wrench an object lesson about female empowerment from the Rosenstrasse action.
Those reluctant to have the ball speeding in their direction at an awkward height (a sensation that this correspondent can occasionally recall even after the passage of several decades) may well include Adil Rashid and Alex Hales Jason Royy does not prompt absolute confidence either.
