The phrase "awkward posturing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone is adopting an uncomfortable or unnatural stance, either physically or metaphorically, often in social contexts.
Example: "During the meeting, his awkward posturing made it clear that he was not comfortable with the topic being discussed."
Alternatives: "clumsy positioning" or "uncomfortable stance".
Combine the two things, and you get awkward, posturing selfies of men and women with painted faces and poorly done tattoos, coupled with their ungrammatical statements about being "chill", loving Faygo and being "crazy".
Mr Brown is certainly a weak public communicator, but much of the indecision and awkward posturing is the expression of Labour's existential challenge in holding together a coalition that was built 12 years ago and in very different economic circumstances.
Overuse injuries of the hand, wrist, forearm, and shoulder are common among endoscopists and may be from repetitive pinching and gripping forces or awkward posturing.
In both the controls and the port machinery operators, low back complaints were strongly associated with perceived postural load assessed in terms of frequency and/or duration of awkward postures at work.
The awkward posture and bumbling movements of Jeffrey Dowd admirably conveyed the Dwarf's ugliness.
The young psychiatrist found himself tilting sideways into the same awkward posture as George.
And only when dishing up Coward's most ardent mash notes does Mr. Day assume an awkward posture.
Tall and thin, with an angular, awkward posture no matter how he holds himself, Mr. Longstreth seems barely to remember a time when he was not a Dirty Projector.
Also, he said, the tops of the seats push the head forward, forcing the body into an awkward posture, and the armrests are uncomfortably hard.
He spent much of the afternoon with his shoulders slumped in the awkward posture of defeat as his team gave away a game it could have won.
Some years ago, for reasons no one knows, the muscles in my back and neck began to spasm involuntarily; the spasms multiply quickly, fatigue the muscles and force the body into repetitive movements and awkward postures like mine.
