Sentence examples for by awkwardness from inspiring English sources

The appealing simplicity of Vine Bistro's decor is sometimes offset by awkwardness in the kitchen.

A letter, like the social speech for which it substitutes, is frayed by awkwardness at either end.

To our eyes, they seem becalmed, even affectless, but I can't read silences in Chinese dialogue — I can't tell if they're produced by awkwardness or by hostility.

Today's comedy is fascinated by awkwardness, and comedians like Zach Galifianakis and Ricky Gervais excel at creating elaborate spectacles of squirm, but the awkwardness is almost always staged, and therefore toothless.

But their relationship has also been shaped by awkwardness and slights, real and perceived, that Mr. Biden and his political advisers have felt as Mrs. Clinton attracted outsize attention and influence in the Democratic Party.

But when "Rabbit Hole" begins, the sense of comfort is replaced by awkwardness and understated anguish that at first exist only among the characters but that soon envelop the audience as well for the ensuing two hours.

As community standards changed, residents say that Price experienced a "quiet ostracism," symbolized by the awkwardness felt by recipients of his not-infrequent acts of kindness.

That tandem grief has been strained, for some by simple awkwardness, for others by battles over what was left behind.

Much of the isolation is caused by the awkwardness and discomfort felt by others when parents of a stillborn try to discuss their experience, or when they try to normalize it by mentioning their stillborn child alongside their live children as part of their family.

Although he enrolled at N.Y.U., he was daunted by the long commute from North Jersey, and perhaps more so by the awkwardness of entering an academic environment dominated by 18- and 19-year-old city dwellers, so he ended up in my grandfather's embroidery factory.

All in all, if Tinder revolutionized dating by creating an addicting mobile user experience and by eliminating awkwardness, then you might say Fan vs. Machine is attempting to do the same for fantasy sports.