awkwardness

Example Sentences

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When I walked into the arcade, I experienced a feeling I’d stuffed down into my subconscious for decades: the stultifying awkwardness of a middle school dance.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

To equate discomfort and/or brief awkwardness with artistic inferiority is a losing game for those who claim to love movies.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

Folk in government are braced for the inevitable awkwardness of exchanges that they had assumed at the time would be forever private being catapulted into the light of day.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

So leaning into drama enables you to lean into the hilarity or the quirkiness or awkwardness of humor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

He was beginning to comprehend the awkwardness of his position.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig