The phrase "awkward reminder" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to bring up a topic or fact that may be uncomfortable or embarrassing for someone.
Example: "I know this is an awkward reminder, but we need to discuss the deadline for the project again."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable reminder" or "clumsy reminder".
To many Germans the resistance was an awkward reminder that choices were possible, even in wartime.
And it's an awkward reminder of the trite and cheesy aspects of a few too many other Taylor works.
Later on though, an awkward reminder of national politics comes when the Labour team's minibus moves away from the area.
A1 An Awkward Party of Two A near crossing of the paths of Gov. Gray Davis and Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante served as an awkward reminder of the difficulty facing Democrats in the California recall election.
It is an awkward reminder of the former docks outside the windows, which bear names such as Canada Wharf or West India Quay, after the places from which they used to welcome ships.Just as London's docks—once the world's busiest emptied when the tides of trade lapped new shores, the dealing rooms of the world's biggest international financial market are being hollowed out.
And the ascension of Ms Ghali, who has risen from the Marseille housing estates to the Senate in Paris, is an awkward reminder of the party's paltry record in promoting ethnic diversity.If there is a common message in all this it is of defiance towards the political elite.
Typically, instructions include somewhat awkward reminders to avoid the press even while spreading the word, and to stay within the law.
There are other awkward reminders of the translation involved here, beginning with the trad-jazz staple "There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears".
Indeed, Trump's "Mission Accomplished" tweet was an awkward — or taunting — reminder of the giant banner that famously served as a backdrop when President George W. Bush, wearing an aviator's flight suit, stood on the deck of an aircraft carrier six weeks after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and declared that major combat operations had ended.
Rebuffed repeatedly by local courts and facing deportation to the mainland, the immigrants were a sad reminder of the awkward ties between China and Hong Kong.
Only weeks ago, a gay rights gala in Los Angeles on Wednesday night loomed on President Obama's calendar as a reminder of his awkward "evolving" but still-unsupportive stance on same-sex marriage.
