Sentence examples for perhaps awkward from inspiring English sources

On a business trip to Paris, my sister spent time between meetings searching for "quelques choses pour l'arbre de Noël" -- a perhaps awkward translation of "something for the Christmas tree" that elicited more than a few raised eyebrows.

But it also requires coming to understand our limitations and weaknesses as well, and considering the possibility that some of our most idiosyncratic and perhaps awkward traits may really be keys to hidden strengths that can unlock the doors of astonishing new adventures.

Perhaps the awkward situation is only in your head.

Which brings us to an interesting, and perhaps slightly awkward, point.

Perhaps the awkward last-minute rush has to be part of it, a necessary evil.

A fierce freeze-up this January showed how the weather could also bring paralysis, less economically damaging perhaps but awkward all the same over a great national holiday.

But while the timing was perhaps politically awkward, few analysts expected the latest trade flare-up to influence U.S. regulators charged with reviewing the combination of EADS and BAE.

"This is a great moment for Ed, but perhaps an awkward one, too," said Mr. Cohen, who for eight years was Mayor Rendell's most trusted adviser, providing Panza practicality for the Quixote impulses of Mr. Rendell.

And he said, 'Well, that sounds exciting.' " The adapter's quandary is similar to the translator's: is the task to stick clunkily but closely to the art of the original, thereby rendering something that will be recognizable to those familiar with the original form, but which is perhaps slightly awkward standing alone?

Or perhaps two awkward potential partners on a dance floor?

That second question is perhaps an awkward one, but it is also a real one.