awkward
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The bonus was that Ella Maisy Purvis made Patience Evans an endearingly awkward ad-hoc detective during the show’s premiere season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The result is an awkward kind of decoupling for crypto bulls.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Villarreal: Has it happened in an awkward way?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
His awkward angle, coming from beyond the perpendicular, with the ability to move the ball away from right-handers makes him very challenging for a batter to line up.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
I was still an awkward swimmer, but my flailing limbs made no noise underwater.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Vocabulary lists containing awkward
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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English Words Derived from Old Norse
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