Sentence examples for distinctly awkward from inspiring English sources

It shared the programme with Beethoven's Ninth, in which the choir's articulation was equally pristine, with the sopranos in particular hurling themselves fearlessly at some distinctly awkward writing.

So it is distinctly awkward timing that members of the Yale College faculty, which never voted on the plan, are now raising concerns about joining their storied institution with an autocratic city-state where drug offenses can bring the death penalty, homosexual relations are illegal and criminal defamation charges are aggressively pursued.

More plausible, though, was the looming prospect of losing Fernando Torres to a lengthy domestic suspension and an acceptance that Steaua Bucharest, victors when the sides met at the National stadium in the Europa League back in March, represent a distinctly awkward test ahead.

Last year's march in London felt distinctly awkward to one of our writers, and this time around the protest pulled in a good number of people but seemed a bit directionless.

Although with Russia, unlike Iran, Trump has promised to improve relations, there's no escaping the fact that Vladimir Putin's urge to restore some of his country's long-lost superpower glory could lead to confrontations with NATO powers that would put the new American president in a distinctly awkward position.

On the other hand, a subject might feel distinctly awkward at a monster Howitzer-sized telephoto pointing at them from 50 feet (15.2 m) away.

Indeed, had their former Birmingham City midfielder Michel converted an early chance rather than clip his shot against the crossbar when it had seemed easier to score early on, then this could have been a distinctly more awkward occasion.

They saw Mr Obama, by contrast, as a normal family man: one woman imagined him making pancakes for his children on a Saturday morning.Although he is now a veteran of the hustings, Mr Romney can still sound distinctly wonkish, even awkward, when addressing supporters.

What goes up must come down however, and our descent was if anything even more awkward than the distinctly graceless ascent.

In isolated Paulie, Georgia, he's a distinctly odd figure, a socially awkward autodidact who meditated and read obsessively in his cell.

Nine, which annoyed News Corp by tying up the NRL, had "revenue problems" and "program flops", Daily Mail Australia was a "loss-­making operation" and Fairfax Media's joint venture with Huffpost Aus is "distinctly old hat" and "an awkward tie-up".