Sentence examples for to avoid the awkward from inspiring English sources
On this particular weekend I thought I'd done everything to avoid the awkward moment that awaited us.
It said Mr. Jospin would step down in order to avoid the awkward position of answering to the Conservative president, Jacques Chirac, while running against him.
"Fishermen" will now be "fishers", a word I can recall only ever having seen in the Bible ("Come and I will make you fishers of men"), and even then only to avoid the awkward "fishermen of men".
The Democrats in the House stopped registering ayes and nays and went instead with "present, not voting" to avoid the awkward results of choosing one favored program over another.
As Kaamna Bhojwani-Dhawan, "the founder of a Web site for parents traveling with young children", told the Times, "My goal is to get through the flight without losing my mind — or either of my children".The Consumerist blog argues that KLM's plan is essentially turning jet cabins into "a high school cafeteria", and explains how to avoid the awkward situations that could ensue.
And then she chooses, rightfully, to avoid the awkward consequences of translating personne as "no one" (using, instead, "none of us") because it permits her to use the plural possessive pronoun ("our"), rather than having to choose a singular pronoun of one sex or the other.
His secret to avoiding the awkward office change: a guest membership at the nearest gym.
This is not only because of its forces' global reach, but also because the sheer size of its defence budget has allowed it to avoid the most awkward choices.
Frank Bowling, official ambassador for the Montage Beverly Hills, said the members of the hotel's front desk staff are instructed to assume that the information on their screens is correct, to avoid the potentially awkward moment when the reservations clerk tries to make right what isn't wrong.
Despite droppping to 12th in the world rankings Scotland have managed to avoid the more awkward second-seeded sides.
To avoid the most awkward emergency room trip of your life, you really need only exercise moderation.
