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The phrase "awkward stage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a period in someone's life, often during adolescence, when they experience physical, emotional, or social challenges.
Example: "During the awkward stage of his teenage years, he struggled with self-confidence and fitting in with his peers."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable phase" or "clumsy period".
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SOHO is going through an awkward stage.
Children go through an awkward stage of physical and social development.
His dad assumed that his short fuse was related to that awkward stage of life.
They share "gee-whiz language, hokey humor, awkward stage presence, sense of entitlement and noblesse oblige".
It comes at a time when consumer electronics innovation is going through an awkward stage.
"Clowns were always at an awkward stage," "hiding twitchy flat feet... in big shoes".
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The Prime Minister and his Cabinet have stumbled about the country, embarrassed almost daily by awkward, stage-managed, and tone-deaf meetings with civilians.
Henrik Nánási conducts with stylish panache and considerable elegance: the couple of moments of awkward stage-pit coordination on opening night should sort themselves out during the run.
They all had the same slicked-back hair and some variation on the refugee-in-his-awkward-stage build.
"If we're truly going to progress, we have to get past that 'awkward stage' of the race conversation, step up, and just have it", Macklemore said.
"This usually happens at what we've come to know as the 'awkward stage.' Once the hair achieves a length where it can be tied back, growing it out becomes easier, the hair looks neater, and compliments start to increase while criticisms go way down.
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