The phrase "awkward look" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a facial expression that conveys discomfort, uncertainty, or social unease in a situation.
Example: "When she asked him about his past, he gave her an awkward look that made her realize she had crossed a line."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable expression" or "clumsy glance.".
The awkward look of the company's early days has been replaced by a luminous glamour in production values.
If you are feeling really awkward, look to make an exit by saying you need to use the facilities or get another drink.
Though I'm pretty sure I recently saw it in a magazine, worn by a semi-celebrity I semi-know, with a nice Aztec-print scarf, and it worked well, it was an awkward look in person.
While an 11-club lineup gives the Super League an awkward look – and leaves West Ham without a fixture at Sunday's big kick-off – a worrying geographical imbalance means it contains no team north of Manchester.
Tara just has this awkward look on her face as though this was just some random stranger about to die.
On a round screen, you just end up with a lot of wasted screen estate and a slightly awkward look on the actual notifications, because they are often squeezed into the lower part of the circle.
Nevertheless, close and repeated study of his campaign in real-world situations has yielded a standard model that has proved eerily accurate in predicting Mitt Romney's behavior in debate after debate, speech after speech, awkward look-at-me-I'm-a-regular-guy moment after awkward look-at-me-I'm-a-regular-guy moment, and every other event in his face-time continuum.
Bibi is awkward looking and has a funny accent.
And helmets, once viewed as clunky and awkward looking, are starting to be seen as hip.
Wearing is friendly, slightly awkward, looking inquisitively at me from beneath her trademark black fringe.
Gone are the awkward looks and underpowered four-cylinder engine of the first-generation Outlander.
