Sentence examples for awkward week from inspiring English sources

BANK OF AMERICA'S embattled boss, Ken Lewis, faces an awkward week.

"It was an awkward week, but I'm glad I finished on top".

"It's going to be an awkward week in Athlete's Village," writes the Wall Street Journal, who are enjoying their time in London.

The conference will cap a somewhat awkward week in Albany as the state's public-employee unions came to grips with the pension deal, which was passed at Mr. Cuomo's urging on March 15 after an all-night session.

Mr. Jiang's arrival here on Thursday will be the first official visit to Israel by a Chinese leader, making this a singularly awkward week to renege on the deal.

White's awkward week hardly improved when Winston Gordon, who made the 90kg last-16, said of him: "My grandmother told me there is a saying – when a fish rots, it rots from the head".

Awkward weeks passed after the exam.

The Speaker's wife, you may know, has had another of her awkward weeks, but Louise – currently resident in New York – is at pains to contrast her flatteringly with the Duchess of Cambridge, beneath the headline: "Feisty Sally's better role model than geisha Kate".

Teachers and administrators, pro and con, are all stuck there at the school together each day, like a couple that is broken up but have to share the same apartment for a few awkward weeks until someone moves out.

The polling follows an awkward final week of election campaigning for Napthine, who has tried to distance himself from the prime minister, Tony Abbott.

After an awkward few weeks, however, the late-night comedies, and American popular culture in general, had returned to business as usual.