Sentence examples similar to awkward inquiry from inspiring English sources

Remembering the wise words of an old bookseller, "You can't steal knowledge", instead of initiating potentially awkward inquiries I simply reordered more copies.

The trio are steely and extremely knowledgable interrogators, confident enough to pursue potentially awkward lines of inquiry – which makes for some very revealing conversation.

Welsh speakers who gave evidence to the inquiry reported feeling awkward and struggling to explain their feelings to an English speaking doctor.

He said: "I hope all our inquiries will be awkward for the government – that's rather the point of House of Commons oversight to the government.

Perhaps these gusts carry the answer to the uncompromising inquiry of this splendidly awkward, compassionate novel.

The inquiry comes at an awkward time in the relationship between the Obama administration and the government of President Karzai.

He would also have faced awkward questions from the upcoming Senate inquiry on campaign finance, which will examine political activism by supposedly non-political charities.

At the Leveson inquiry Gallagher avoided potentially awkward questions about his paper's failure to report comments by Vince Cable about declaring war on Rupert Murdoch.

Australia's former intelligence chief is in an awkward position ahead of Sydney siege inquiry.

Those inquiries made for an awkward and at times painful off-season.

Mr. Miller took responsibility for planting a question May 10 at a closed-door meeting with tax lawyers that prompted the revelation about the targeting, an awkward step that led to the inquiries now moving ahead on Capitol Hill.