Sentence examples for awkward small from inspiring English sources

Awkward small talk over cocktails ensued while we wondered what would happen next.

Effective networking doesn't have to mean awkward small talk at boring business breakfasts.

As they waited in the lobby of a bank, they made awkward small talk.

After some awkward small talk, I just said it: "I'm gay.

Certainly beats making awkward small talk over an overly acidic white wine and a shared packet of peanuts.

Why not have a scene where he makes awkward small talk with Richard Branson? It's Richard Branson, after all.

The TV cameras were in attendance and the newly elected ministers, caught on film making awkward small-talk moments before the prime minister's entrance, were careful to avoid any ostentatious self-congratulation.

Everton's David Moyes, meanwhile, has laid some carpet on the toilet-lid, got some Molton Brown hand soap in and is offering Switzerland's defender Gokhan Inler some individual hand-towels, the pick of several aftershaves and some awkward small-talk.

In the non-descript room, the walls lined with tables covered with plates of biscuits and bottles of mineral water, he stands in the centre, making awkward small-talk with the chairman of the Police Federation.

In a mock-preacher voice each night, he offered the audience paradise in this life through "the ministry of rock-and-roll". An early convert, he was quite literally saved by the music when the guitar gave meaning and direction to the life of an awkward small-town loser ostracized by his parents, his peers and the nuns who taught at his school.

Panicking, I scribbled down my number and watched Dick hand-deliver it to Sunglasses, who made some awkward small-talk before retreating into his pro-shop den.