Sentence examples for awkward relationship from inspiring English sources

MANY Italians have an awkward relationship with the taxman.

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

Mr. Martelly and Mr. Conille had long had an awkward relationship.

The invite strained Obama's already awkward relationship with the Israeli premier.

He also drew an awkward relationship with an overbearing, beady-eyed neighbour with deadly, hilarious precision.

The competition has created an awkward relationship between the two premiers, whose interests are usually aligned.

It marks another chapter in the close, if occasionally awkward, relationship between President Obama and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France.

Ukuleles and colorful print fabrics became ubiquitous symbols of America's awkward relationship with the concept of leisure.

The Catholic Church, it should be noted, has something of an awkward relationship with the Israeli state.

But this is going to be an awkward relationship, one where the West's expectations of success should be low.

This easy understanding stands in marked contrast to the sometimes awkward relationship between Mr. Schroder and President Clinton.