I expected an assembly of larger-than-life figures with stentorian voices, but it felt more like an awkward gathering of intellectuals at a faculty breakfast.
In some ways, it was an awkward gathering.
Gary Hewitt presented the boy with a newly-minted coin set for his collection and hoped the familiar birthday ritual would help break the ice at this somber, awkward gathering of 14 families.
If so, that must make for some awkward family gatherings.
"Awkward family gatherings traditionally top that list so it seems only fitting that, as producer of Four Christmases, this should be his chosen subject".
Being indirectly responsible for your brother's brutal castration has to make for some extremely awkward holiday gatherings.
The "SNL" season finale brought back former cast members Kristen Wiig, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader and host Andy Samberg for the return of the Vogelchecks, an overly affectionate group of people that takes awkward family gatherings to the next level.
"People talk about death in the doctor's office, awkward family gatherings, lawyers' offices, all of these awful places that are not designed for a conversation that requires a great deal of humanity and often humor, reverence," said Hebb, 37. "But, historically, it's over food where ideas have come alive".
At a sometimes awkward early morning gathering in a middle school in snowy Hubbard, 60 miles north of Des Moines, the Texas senator warned that even other Republicans would put at risk religious freedoms if they were in the Oval Office, and would allow a "lawless" supreme court to push a radical leftwing agenda.
The gathering was awkward at first, she said, but at 12 30 a.m., a gong rang, signifying that guests should strip to their underwear, and things soon began to heat up.
It is a scandal that has splintered some longstanding relationships, made social gatherings occasionally awkward and made the clique of power brokers in the area even more of an object of fascination for the British public.
