The phrase "awkward kind" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a type or category of something that is characterized by awkwardness or discomfort.
Example: "She has an awkward kind of charm that makes people feel both intrigued and uneasy."
Alternatives: "clumsy type" or "uncomfortable sort".
And it's funny, in that awkward kind of way.
A hi-NRG fan's wet dream, rather than the other, more awkward kind.
He attained his literary ambitions after all, and lives on in his magnificently ridiculous book as some kind of great man--the most awkward kind, the man we call a force of nature because he reminds us of nature's force.
A search for a body trapped beneath ice seems like the awkward kind of tragedy that is more likely to occur someplace else, someplace colder; upstate, maybe, or in New England.
There is an awkward kind of serenity in knowing that some mysteries are not meant to be solved, some things are forever unknowable and with them must come an acceptance of their void.
When he turns Bullet The Blue Sky's traditional anti-war protest into a monologue about the dubious merits of his own status as a globetrotting millionaire charity campaigner, it's walking a fine line between a rare sign of celebrity self awareness and the most awkward kind of self obsession, and probably falls into the latter.
John Kohut, 68, whose house burned down in Mr. Spengler's attack, described him as quiet, socially awkward and "kind of rough" from his years spent in prison.
His championship rant: just awkward and kind of douche.
[It's more during] those weird, awkward moments kind of blurring the line between reality and fiction.
It was an awkward silence, the kind you can't pretend not to notice.
At their best, Mr. Elam's dances find pathos in not-quite-human creatures behaving humanly; his mode is earnest and awkward, a cuddly kind of odd.
