Sentence examples for awkward joke from inspiring English sources

True, David Letterman's awkward joke about a daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska prompted denunciations of the "media elite" (though it also boosted Mr. Letterman's ratings).

"Give it up to Ringo Starr," says Jamie Foxx  in a painful English accent, before making an awkward joke about ogling Beyonce – and then handing her husband his trophy for Holy Grail.

We went around the table to introduce ourselves, and he made a weird, awkward joke," said the student who, like many of those interviewed, spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing reasons that included not wanting their privacy invaded by other news organizations and hearing from law enforcement or university officials that talking publicly could compromise the investigation.

And Mirabal's remark to the cop was apparently an awkward joke.

Megyn Kelly's morning show on NBC had a bizarre kickoff on Monday when she made an awkward joke about "becoming gay" to a "Will & Grace" fan.

After Lieberman first attempted to deflect host Sherry Sindland's question with a trademark shrug and an awkward joke ("I'm definitely not going to sign that petition"), he accused Brave New Films of partisan politics.

One of Anton Kruppev's awkward jokes.

But the awkward jokes are not completely missing.

Business won't conduct itself, so we go on doing our thing – and munch on our favourite junk food and make awkward jokes while we're at it.

After a string of hit and misses with Oscars hosts in recent years, from Seth McFarlane's sexist musical numbers to Neil Patrick Harris' awkward jokes, producers are planning on hiring a duo to present the 2016 Academy Awards.

There are some awkward jokes, a silly cartoon, a few self-regarding sequences, and, now and then, echoes of the cringe-making moments in his old campaign speeches when personal tragedy was put to questionable use.