Sentence examples for certainly awkward from inspiring English sources

THE timing was certainly awkward.

It's certainly awkward, since, whatever happens, the outcome will affect Cuomo's fortunes.

It is certainly awkward for the Labour Party, which argued against that pro-cyclical measure.

THE timing was certainly awkward: on February 23rd Netflix and Comcast confirmed an agreement under which the movie-streaming service will pay the American cable-TV and internet provider for direct access to its network.

However, it's certainly awkward to have this news break just a few days before Facebook's IPO.

It was certainly awkward viewing for interim coach Ashley Giles in his quest to be given the job on a permanent basis.

"There were certainly some awkward moments," Mr. Trippi said.

Certainly, that awkward fact of life diminished respect.

His next presence at an EU summit will certainly be awkward.

There is certainly an awkward juxtaposition: further round this Lesbos beach, tourists sunbathed metres from an Angry Birds arm-band left on the beach by an infant migrant.

But there were certainly no awkward moments during the terrific performance of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 by the 21-year-old Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov that he conducted on Saturday evening at Avery Fisher Hall.