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Discover LudwigThe phrase "awkward remarks" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe comments or statements that are uncomfortable, clumsy, or socially inappropriate.
Example: "During the meeting, she made several awkward remarks that left everyone feeling uneasy."
Alternatives: "clumsy comments" or "uncomfortable statements".
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It will take time for us to unravel what they're saying through their giggles, silences, awkward remarks and misbehavior.
Friday was the 25th anniversary of awkward remarks by Al Campanis, then the general manager, who blurted out on national television that blacks might lack the "necessities" to be managers and executives.
She was not only the principal owner of the Reds, but someone who had become a controversial national figure, having aroused the ire, the ridicule and the disgust of many for her intemperate and awkward remarks.
It's not the way it should be," he said, later apologizing for his "awkward" remarks.
Republican hopes of reclaiming the Senate suffered a major blow when the GOP candidate in Missouri made awkward remarks about rape and abortion.
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It's why he's taken that awkward remark by the Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, about Ann Romney "never having worked a day in her life," and run with it, hoping that, if he repeats it enough, it will sound like woman-bashing.
"It was — in a word — awkward," remarked The Daily Beast.
Since Ms. Angle won, her campaign has been rocked by a series of politically intemperate remarks and awkward efforts to retreat from hard-line positions she has embraced in the past, like phasing out Social Security.
They may make awkward or even angry remarks, because they don't know who to blame or what to do.
Every nervous giggle, coy look, awkward silence and meaningless remark is captured, rather prettily, by the film's director, cinematographer and co-writer, Conrad Jackson.
"People think that dating is only awkward in your twenties," she remarked.
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