For The Times, and its peers, this dynamic is beyond awkward: it gives the appearance that the government is manipulating them".
"This is so beyond awkward and weird," Gretchen accurately assesses.
My mother-in-law arranged for us to shop for wedding gowns and I smiled through it, even though I felt beyond awkward standing in my underwear while she and the saleswoman dressed me up like Bridal Barbie.
Instead of any kind of traditional joke-telling, Andre will stammer beyond-awkward questions or fire up his band at exquisitely random intervals.
He was given enough airtime for us to see beyond his awkward one-liners: "I don't think there's a word in the English language to describe how much I want a girlfriend," he said, explaining how he feared his condition left him talking too much and getting stuck on certain topics.
Two beyond painfully awkward middle aged loners are drawn together at a chocolate factory; he's the hardened yet insecure owner, while she's the shy new employee.
It's important to always listen to that beep-beep echoing in your head and bolt from any situation that makes you feel uncomfortable (beyond the awkward discomfort of small-talk with strangers)—even if the person you are with is telling you that everything is normal.
Among misfires, only two seriously grated: the frantic disco hit "The Main Event," and an awkward beyond-the-grave video duet with Frank Sinatra on "I've Got a Crush on You".
Similarly, Bowden extols the virtues of new software used in American-run detention facilities that went "beyond storing detainees" — an awkward phrase that turns people into objects.
With Natural England, the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, and the charity Hymettus, which is dedicated to conserving bees, ants and wasps, Gammans has been working with farmers on Romney Marsh to build up habitats for plants, insects and birds, with broad strips of wild flowers along field edges or in awkward spots beyond the reach of modern farm machinery.
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