The phrase "awkward event" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or occurrence that is uncomfortable or embarrassing.
Example: "The party turned into an awkward event when no one knew how to start a conversation."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable situation" or "embarrassing incident."
The inauguration of the first work-training center in this remote Patagonian hamlet was a case in point, a significant but awkward event.
Intimacy is Ray's natural mode — the silent passing of mood between husband and wife, the transient moments when some unexpected and awkward event falls into daily life.
Later, Warwick enlists a local chapter of pirate enthusiasts to mock-ambush his children – a misguided and awkward event that leaves his son traumatised.
Only weeks ago, the annual fundraising dinner of Mr. Obama's LGBT Leadership Council, which he formed during his 2008 campaign for his lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender donors, had loomed as a potentially awkward event as many of the supporters had grown impatient with his talk of a still-evolving position on same-sex marriage.
… Like all Left-wing thinkers, Ralph Miliband knew how to explain away awkward events".
Looking past the awkward launch event and the fact that Chris Martin from Coldplay was invited, what has Tidal actually achieved?
This interminable cabinet spray, where everybody pays tribute to Trump, is one of the most exquisitely awkward public events I've ever seen.
But in autumn 1938 she requested prompt settlement for work on the Fawcett Building – a polite nod in grey brick to Basil Champneys's sunny red Arts and Crafts work at Newnham College Cambridge – since they had outstanding fees "and we are somewhat apprehensive this may be awkward in the event of a war.
"It's an awkward kind of event to happen," Marchelle Hughes, the manager of the Torrance Barnes & Noble store, told the Daily Breeze.
The awkward repetition of events gives us no choice but to throw ourselves into the smallest plays completely.
It is an awkward turn of events for a man who seems more comfortable negotiating with Republicans than excoriating them, as Mr. Obama has over the last couple of weeks, as cold-hearted defenders of the rich.
