Sentence examples for proved awkward to from inspiring English sources

While that understandably seems to have proved awkward to accept for a man initially too stunned to explain to his own family what had happened on the train, at least it was a gesture of goodwill made for the right reasons.

But in practice the "reality" offered looked very different to real life, and proved awkward to operate.

Yet even the relationship with the Clinton organization proved awkward at times.

Their position has been endorsed by senior officials at the Pentagon, which has proved awkward for the White House to explain in recent days since President Bush has offered his public support to the Senate provisions, which have also been endorsed by the Sept. 11 commission.

As far as the Vatican was concerned, there was nothing else to be done: attempts at solving the building's physical problems had proved awkward, with construction workers trying to tiptoe around scholars, and conditions had reached a point where immediate intervention was necessary.

Even coining a slogan for the occasion proved awkward, with the organisers switching from the bullish "Australian Achievement" to the more conciliatory "Living Together" and, eventually, to the entirely inane "Celebration of a Nation", a catchphrase accompanied by a jingle of stupefying banality ("the celebration of a nation/ give us a hand/ celebration of a nation/ let's make it grand!").

However, the staging proved awkward during filming, so John Krasinski suggested that only Jim go down to the parking lot while the others stayed behind, and the change was eventually incorporated into the episode.

That experience in 1996 proved awkward - and costly.

For the city, the restaurant's popularity has proved awkward.

At times, Scientology proved awkward for the Gaiman children.

It proved awkward for Jack, the program that emerged as world champion.