Sentence examples for awkward to put from inspiring English sources
Because this "long" vest doesn't open in the front, Mr. Fenton found it "awkward" to put on.
It is awkward, to put it mildly, for a small-government conservative to favour rules that force Americans to buy more of something than they want.
"It's really clumsy and awkward to put in an ad," said Steve McMahon, whose firm is handling the advertising for Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont.
Unlike many other MPs, he has little time or respect for Westminster journalists (in some cases, understandably) and some of his previous encounters with the press have been awkward, to put it mildly.
When Mr Prodi took office he said that he would demand the resignation of any commissioner who was shown to be following orders from home.So it was a little awkward, to put it mildly, when the Spanish fisheries minister announced on television that his government had "instructed" Spain's commissioners to oppose the fisheries package.
But they had to make an awkward line change to put another defenseman on the ice.
Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat party leader and deputy prime minister, has warned that the party is "prepared to be awkward" in coalition "to put things right" as he sought to assert the party's distinctive role in government.
I also see this same hipster dad trying to convince his awkward preteen children to put all of their photos and movies onto the server to share with the rest of the household and whoever else has access from the outside.
Firms change the dates of annual meetings, or hold them in remote locations, just to put awkward shareholders off the scent.
When the troops leave in 1918, and Roger at last looks ready to put awkward sex, vomit-stained nights out and fashion faux pas behind him, Simenon stops writing.
He comes across as hopelessly awkward when he attempts to put himself in someone else's shoes or equate himself with their problems, such as saying that he too was unemployed while at the same time having $100 million in the bank.
