How to Use awkward in a Sentence

awkward

adjective

• He was put in the awkward position of having to write the memo.
• He feels awkward with strangers.
• He had large feet and his walk was awkward and ungainly.
• There was an awkward pause in the conversation.
• The machine is very awkward to operate.
• She is awkward at dancing.
• She is an awkward writer.
• The story contained some awkward writing.
• I often find myself in awkward situations.
• On the ground, vultures are hunched and awkward bundles of feathers, but in the air, where I watch them during much of the day, they are magnificent graceful soarers.
  — Words From the Land, Stephen Trimble, editor, 1988
• The legs grew before the rest of the body, so the gait was awkward at first.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2024
• This is when things start to take a bit of an awkward turn.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2024
• The fights are silly; the final scene in the tomb is bizarrely quick and awkward.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
• But the awkward use of big words makes for bad writing.
  — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
• And man does Burd love, and lean all the way into, awkward.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2023
• And suddenly the whole thing seemed kind of awkward and in bad taste.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• Well, that's gonna be awkward when Lark shows up at the wedding on Brady's arm...
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
• To be fair, the process of importing a PGP key can be awkward.
  — PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2025
• To be fair, details like this would have been awkward for the book to discuss.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2022
• Some Playable titles forced the use of the touch screen on their launcher, which was awkward.
  — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2022
• The result was an awkward Frankenstein of tone and rhythm that could make the corniest dad cringe.
  — Caleb Madison, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2023
• Even the worst episode of the series has had laughs, and the best episode has had misses or awkward sketches.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 30 July 2022
• The timing is awkward for Charles, who is in the very early days of his kingship.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
• Tried scooting back to the rear of the seat, but then pedaling was plain awkward.
  — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• As the ball took an awkward bounce toward the pitcher’s mound, Warner was in a full-on sprint.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
• They were paid to leave the rest of us—awkward teens and non-superhuman adults alike—in awe.
  — Dina Gachman, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2023
• One awkward, fateful night, Liz and Carrie were briefly at Dave’s home at the same time.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
• But don't expect the sometimes-awkward zingers of many awards shows past.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022
• Those who tried—in good faith or not—to come up with such a plan for Shoreham had to contend with Long Island’s awkward geography.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
• Michelle Williams truly showed how to remain graceful under pressure this weekend as she was put in an awkward situation mid-air.
  — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Apr. 2025