"awkward expressions" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when referring to phrases or language that is clumsy, uncomfortable, or difficult to understand. For example, "The essay was full of awkward expressions, making it hard to follow the writer's train of thought."
Alongside lyrics about the worrying rise of gun offences are tales of police harassment, admissions of their fondness for weed and women, and awkward expressions of love.
Early in "Moonlight Mile," Susan Sarandon, playing JoJo Floss, the grieving mother of a murdered young woman, rages at the banal, awkward expressions of condolence she has had to endure from well-meaning friends.
Some of them will; I've seen the awkward expressions, heard the conversation change quickly.
Thoughts that find awkward expression with our mouths are beautifully expressed with our fingers.
Then he noticed an awkward expression on Henriquez's face.
The intimacy, the awkward expression of the central subject and the accusatory stares of passersby are the results of a naturally bullish approach – a working-class Bronx attitude – and they recur throughout his life's work.
In April, prime minister Stephen Harper even coined an awkward expression – "committing sociology" – to deride the search for root causes about horrifying events, in the wake of an unrelated, alleged bombing attempt.
One who can be trailed by paparazzi in the hope of catching her making an awkward expression that will be translated as longing for a love that once was?
At Le Web 10, everyone saw the awkward expression on Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley's face when host Loic Le Meur asked him just how large the acquisition offer was that the company recently turned down.
They show shiny faces, terrible poses and awkward facial expressions.
If a picture of four dudes holding the phone while each demonstrates a different awkward facial expression doesn't make you want the LG Edge (LG-SH470), nothing will.
