Try to replace awkward sections with text that mirrors how you actually speak.
There they were shown the first functional graphical user interface (GUI), featuring on-screen windows, a pointing device known as a mouse, and the use of icons, or pictures, to replace the awkward protocols required by all other computers.
(This piece has been edited slightly since first published, mostly to replace the awkward phrase 'Rand-y' with 'Randian.').
Sample scripts or narratives could be offered to replace the awkward silence that sometimes occurs.
Considering that the cellphone is many people's most personal gadget, how many would leap at the chance to replace their current awkward models with something with the class, the looks and the effortlessness of an iPod?
In other words, it's trying to replace those slightly awkward emails or social network updates where people say, "Hey guys, I'm going to this concert!
Less than an hour after Bobby Valentine was dismissed as the Mets' manager yesterday, Buck Showalter was feeling extremely awkward discussing the possibility of being a candidate to replace him.
Shocked at what just happened, I felt awkward challenging the server's professional choice not to replace the course, especially knowing the incident was visible to everyone else in the restaurant.
The government has found itself caught in an awkward bind of needing to offer incentives to draw in investors to replace polluting coal and ageing nuclear plants at a time when it tries to meet higher carbon reduction targets.
Given his mounting injury problems, it was perhaps no surprise Ferguson opted to replace Fletcher not long afterwards after his fellow Scot had taken an awkward-looking tumble by the touchline.
