Sentence examples for meet the awkward from inspiring English sources

The United States Open is the rare sporting event in which fans have their choice of a variety of plastic beverage containers designed to meet the awkward intersection of high-end sponsors and fans who like a drink.

Jennifer Aniston was in London to promote her new movie "We're The Millers" when she met the awkward interrogator.

When the prince finally meets Rusalka, who appears as a shy and tender young woman, just when any other opera would break into a love duet, this one has a poignantly awkward scene in which the ardent outpourings of the tenor are met with the awkward silences of the soprano.

For many young people it is awkward bringing a boyfriend or girlfriend through the front door to meet the parents.

The partnership in question is between Foley and Moss, the former a preening ex-model from London who meets the reserved and awkward Moss in a pub one day and sees in him a patron for his artistic ambitions.

The relationship with the power station also feels clumsy, meeting the building with an awkward switchback ramp and making a circuitous route to get between the two.

MEETING the parents is always awkward for couples, but for Tamar Schiffman and Jonathan Lechter it was especially uncomfortable: her parents met her future husband in a Washington hospital, as their daughter recovered from a major operation.

You have not yet met the bride; it could be very awkward to do that on her wedding day.

Politicians frequently talk about how much they enjoy meeting the public, but they seldom look more awkward than when meeting real people, and their minders go to great lengths to ensure they don't have to.

The story goes that, sitting uneasily in cabinet, she had asked what was being done officially to mark the centenary of the first world war, and was met with awkward glances at the stuccoed ceiling and the blank defence secretary.

His instructions were met with awkward laughter by the assembly of news media.