Sentence examples for awkward possibility from inspiring English sources

The phrase "awkward possibility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or outcome that is uncomfortable or difficult to address, yet still feasible.
Example: "The awkward possibility of running into my ex at the party made me reconsider my plans for the evening."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable chance" or "clumsy option".

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For Angela Merkel, the awkward possibility remains that the elusive Mr Gurlitt may be able to die with his treasure trove intact after all.

The presence of Mr. Bashir, Sudan's president, raised the potentially awkward possibility that Mrs. Clinton might encounter a leader indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes in another part of Sudan, Darfur.

The Lakers spared themselves the awkward possibility of visiting indignity on their captain by low-balling him, as the Yankees did with the aging Derek Jeter, on the ground that nobody else would want him.

That raises the awkward possibility that the future of the treaty, seen by many as essential for the European Union to go forward, could be decided by one of its most vociferous critics.

The failure of last year's Transcendence ($103m on a $100m budget) underlines the awkward possibility for Depp that he has never been a viable proposition as a dramatic lead outside the arthouse.

In fact there is an awkward possibility that economics may prove divisive.That may not be the first thought that comes to mind in a week when interest rates were being cut, more or less in unison, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Less than an hour after Bobby Valentine was dismissed as the Mets' manager yesterday, Buck Showalter was feeling extremely awkward discussing the possibility of being a candidate to replace him.

And then there is the awkward but unavoidable possibility, the one that health officials try their best to dance around -- which is that the rash outbreaks may have been, at least in some measure, psychogenic.

An awkward relationship, full of possibility but not untouched by resentment and wariness, was born.

Now I'm answering in writing, which eliminates awkward pauses, hesitations, any possibility of compliance.

An important barrier to in-depth adherence communication was that some physicians felt it was awkward to explore the possibility of non-adherence if there were no objective signs of treatment failure, because patients could feel "accused".

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