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The phrase "awkward element" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a component or aspect of something that feels uncomfortable or out of place in a given context.
Example: "The awkward element in the conversation made everyone feel uneasy, as no one knew how to address the topic."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable aspect" or "clumsy component".
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Rather they are another awkward element in this disappointing and often perverse novel.
"I do feel like I was an awkward element for everybody involved," Addams says several weeks later.
Disguises have always been an awkward element of the Hitman series, hard to introduce into any stage while ensuring they make enough thematic sense.
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Last year, Emily Nussbaum observed that the sex was largely awkward, and just one element of a show that "treats a highly specific circle of gay men with warmth and playfulness, viewing their struggles as ordinary, not outrageous".
It is the film's more mundane elements — an awkward, under-nourished love story and half-baked politics — that are problematic.
No need for this awkward placement of the time element.
Yet another element of the awkward atmosphere seems to come from this odd tension between the two men, as John pins Mark down, desperate for fraternal intimacy, and Mark, whether fully willing or not, obliges.
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