How To Use Awkwardly In A Sentence

The contrail went straight up, bisecting the Sun, forcing the crowd to squint and awkwardly block the Sun to see the contrail.
Walking awkwardly after two hip operations, he was given a warm reception by the multiracial crowd. Times, Sunday Times
The effect of the cold rainwater soaking his collar from the inspector's awkwardly held umbrella had diminished. THE LAST RAVEN
Pain circled my head, blood trickled coppery in my mouth, and darkness called until the clock ticked into the next millisecond and my foot came down awkwardly on the dirt. 365 tomorrows » 2009 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
In her portraits, the head fits awkwardly on the clothing.

Furthermore, the underlying suggestion of an inherent connection between physicality and culture seems awkwardly reductive.
The two genres don't play off each other or give each other a fresh spin; they awkwardly coincide and never truly cross-fertilize. Michael Giltz: Cannes 2010 Day Four and Five: Mike Leigh's New Gem and Inside Job Rocks The Fest
The old school photograph shows a handsome, fresh-faced teenage boy staring awkwardly at the camera.
– The point-of-view switches awkwardly from the grandfather (” he feels momentarily vindicated”) to Ruthie (” Ruthie doesn’t understand why …”). Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum
Protruding awkwardly above the much older buildings, the huge, prismlike shingled roof of the modern church overhangs a concrete patio bearing a seven-foot wooden cross. American Grace
But to my surprise, the futuristic seats don't actually spin round; we end up hunched awkwardly over the flashing armrests, gawping around and discussing the curious venue.
He stood up awkwardly and strolled mysteriously to the corner of the room where a peculiarly large gramophone horn dominated.
It's super long (as in waist long), the ends are dry and my fringe is awkwardly long as well. Archive 2008-09-01
Awkwardly uniparous pentachord or cheviot wither under relatively migrant reason. MP3Board.com
Film titles, like Andy Kaufman's record, jerking backwards and forwards awkwardly, move between fact and fantasy, real and imagined worlds.
Occasionally heads sit oddly on their bodies, and swollen limbs meet their trunks awkwardly.
During the break, Ms Flynn was left to awkwardly sit down beside the Taoiseach and exchange small talk - chit-chat, you might say.
I had been lying awkwardly and my leg had gone numb.
A small smile played across his lips as he saw her standing awkwardly by the door.
`No way are you giving my number out over the Tannoy in a train station,' she said, folding her arms awkwardly. THE MANANA MAN
The dog rose awkwardly to his feet and licked the man's hand excitedly.
Crunching awkwardly over the broken glass (her father's shoes were like flippers on her feet) she peered down at the brick and saw that there was a piece of paper wrapped around it.
Perched awkwardly atop each tree was a scruffy but huge Californian condor.
But as Rice tumbled into the end zone, he landed awkwardly.
Turkey Vultures wheeled over the highway; another flapped awkwardly against the cool air.
He still spoke her name awkwardly as if he thought it an impertinence to use so familiar a form of address. Slightly Married
The child sprang a little awkwardly from his chair and began to parade around his table.
I begin to have visions of the vest bulging awkwardly beneath my white alb.
What did some one look like squatting awkwardly on a small chamber pot.
On the table the kender found a folded piece of parchment with his name awkwardly penned on the front. Stalling
Doherty opened the scoring with a break of 44 but, bridging awkwardly, missed a red to a middle pocket.
When standing, the knees of this figure protrude awkwardly and incised lines in both mobile arms suggest bicep musculature.
With the mood often awkwardly upbeat, Stars struggle to retain the strong emotional tug of much of their previous work. The Sun
It's a mystery, dear," the little word limped out awkwardly, "but God's ways are not ours. Dust
Pittman injured herself during a warm-up before her Zurich race, landing awkwardly after clearing a hurdle.
A politician with no particular passion for leadership (the Sanford revision of conservative ideology: the governor who governs least has more time to be the star of his own "tragic," "forbidden," presumably lambada-laced love story), he now seems to be attempting, awkwardly, to evolve into the shirtless telenovela Casanova he always imagined himself to be. Scott Brown: Mark Sanford: Reality Television Superstar
This sits awkwardly with his criticism of the coalition for making unnecessary changes to energy regulation. Times, Sunday Times
I patted her hand awkwardly and walked towards the door, unlocking it with the key still in the lock.
At last Mr. Bessel chanced upon a place where a little crowd of such disembodied silent creatures was gathered, and thrusting through them he saw below a brightly-lit room, and four or five quiet gentlemen and a woman, a stoutish woman dressed in black bombazine and sitting awkwardly in a chair with her head thrown back. Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells
The figure's unnaturally elongated legs and awkwardly distended fingers seem a bit too mannered.
Until you have developed your sea legs, boats can be floating booby traps, with things like cleats placed awkwardly around the deck to stub bare feet or even send a guest tumbling overboard.
Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them.
This was our first day out together as a team, and although we are a well-oiled machine now, that day we awkwardly scramble to assemble our gear to get the shot.
Many of the states were too small or awkwardly located to survive as independent countries.
Suddenly, King looked not fashionably late to the party, but awkwardly, disastrously late, swinging gaily through the doors just as the caterers were starting to pack up the crockery.
He found it difficult to explain to these strangers what he was doing in Afghanistan and fumbled awkwardly with his knife and fork. KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds
He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone.
It always embarrassed me when a guest would linger anticipating an invitation to a meal and finally, awkwardly, leave unfed.
She listens to the sounds of the highway as she walks, and she knows she's lucky to live on the outer sides of the suburb, where the town meets the avenue, and the avenue awkwardly greets the interstate.
The outer suit opened at the front and I clambered awkwardly into it. Anti-Ice
Last Wednesday, the world paused awkwardly to contemplate the bizarre and skeevy news that conservative agit-proprieter James O'Keefe attempted to lure CNN reporter Abbie Boudreau onto a "floating pleasure palace" to finally, uhh ... prove something? 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia' Explains O'Keefe's Journalism
What is ideal in an upright position is awkwardly erect when the rest of you is prone. Times, Sunday Times
The Hoatzin chick features a rare anatomical feature two claws on each budding wing which help it grip branches and clamber about awkwardly.
Not until you saw his face, anyway, with the preemption of a beaky nose and awkwardly sharp jaw.
Even popular television war comedies were taken off the air, for fear of jarring too awkwardly with endless hours of Gulf coverage.
This leads to a slightly bizarre and unconvincing fusion of musical forces which all end up clumped awkwardly together.
With the mood often awkwardly upbeat, Stars struggle to retain the strong emotional tug of much of their previous work. The Sun
The publication of the economic statistics was awkwardly timed for the Government.
He fell awkwardly and went down in agony clutching his right knee.
The cast stand about awkwardly, dropping props and cues left and right. Times, Sunday Times
She fell awkwardly when she was skiing and twisted her ankle.
But it had been enough to father nightmares for more than a year, and to make him awkwardly excuse himself from a class at the Security Academy during a lecture on what the agonizer did to a victim's nervous system. Firestorm
This talented and charismatic alpinist also knows Bass, yet he awkwardly dismissed attempting to influence him by mumbling banalities about how everyone has to work within their own comfort zone. David Holbrooke: Skiing and Sacrifice
A rare shot of one of Ypsilanti's earliest pioneers, standing proudly - if somewhat awkwardly - next to his roughly hewn log cabin.
I rhumba with Rita, Rachael sambas with Cecile, and together we awkwardly tango.
Former jockey Jerry Bailey said Tuesday that he detected "a small amount of panic" in Desormeaux's actions in the opening quarter mile after the dominant winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes broke awkwardly from the rail in the 1½-mile Belmont. Former jockeys join Dutrow in questioning Desormeaux
So the two families packed their boys comfortably into a first-class compartment and stood around awkwardly, aching to weep and kiss and have something warming to remember, but stifled by their peculiar British mistrust of demonstrativeness. The Thorn Birds
It was only a minute before the presidential vehicle was pulling up in a distant part of the airport, nestling beside a gangly four-engined plane dressed in dull military colours whose wings seemed to stretch awkwardly like those of a young crane. The Edge of Madness
Given enough webbing, Spider-Man gets awkwardly tangled.
Turning awkwardly towards the bedside table, she picked up a glass of water and sipped the warm liquid gratefully.
The dog rose awkwardly to his feet and licked the man's hand excitedly.
A much younger, much chubbier Ethan stood awkwardly in front of the Grand Canyon, surrounded by his family, everyone squinting into the sun. Choker
All the gowk in him came uppermost; he did not know what he was doing; he put the Bible awkwardly on the book-board in front of him, and it, too, slid to the floor with a noise even more alarming than that of the rolling sweet. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
He awkwardly fell to the ground and sat up, trying to gulp air as fast as possible.
The tail section was bent awkwardly, distorted as if heated plastic.
The four Columbia dams have been retrofitted to accommodate safer salmon passage; they now assist, if awkwardly, in flushing migratory smolts to sea.
Even Jehu has been buckish, kicking up his heels and gambolling awkwardly. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I
Gulping nervously, she quickly smoothed down her short hair, which she had cropped off awkwardly with a pair of shears, and turned the door knob.
Pollution, however, is an intrinsically gray issue - and when such questions arise, Rothbard winds up awkwardly vacillating between two unsatisfactory extreme positions.
He is an important man, after all, his voice strong in the folkmoot, and-and very busy while the fleet is here, not just as a chandler but-well, when you deal with men of many nations, it becomes politics and schemes and-" He was not wont to speak thus awkwardly. The Boat of a Million Years
They will be angry with me," said the vicaress awkwardly. The Shuttle
The poor guy will awkwardly wield a one-handed sword using both hands in the beginning.
One very hot day while out walking, one of the fellows I was with flopped awkwardly to the ground and the sound of wet thumps filled my ears.
Sorry, Meghan, those of us who do not want to see a 12-year-old girl dressed in a wet T-shirt and panties... writhing on a bed and... awkwardly grinding in a hootchy-kootchy pantomime are not repressed and conflicted and hyperprotective. Archive 2007-01-01
I must've looked anxious because he moved quickly toward me and plopped his arm awkwardly around my waist. Needy Kids
A hand reached out awkwardly, bumping her elbow against the roll of toilet paper hanging above a plastic green wastebasket.
A man with a tonsure, much like the friars of old, poked his awkwardly shaped head out of the opening.
I stumbled awkwardly through school discos with her. Times, Sunday Times
Unintelligible Latinisms litter the insides of the booklet, awkwardly coupling with sepulchral imagery.
That is why she felt her dirty finger-nails curl in awkwardly to hide themselves as she held the pen to sign her name. Hungry Hearts
The only real misfire is the title track, in which Swift interrupts a wedding with a protestation of love for the groom ( "I am not the kind of girl who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion," she informs the gathering, somewhat awkwardly). Album review: Taylor Swift, "Speak Now"
The past few months have seen a surge of work on the awkwardly named value excerption Ben Ward
She stooped a shade awkwardly to rub behind a black velvet ear.
I bump into an eastern European businesswomen I know whose conversational strategy consists of staring at you a bit awkwardly until a chance to mention her product arises. February « 2010 « Squares of Wheat
He created another strange device which, with his talent for naming things awkwardly (starting with himself), he called the zoopraxiscope. Eadweard Muybridge: Feet off the ground
I found myself holding the rod awkwardly, unable to crank the reel handle smoothly.
Chavasse followed him in, twisting in midair, going under awkwardly, the warm water drawing him down. THE KEYS OF HELL
During the break, Ms Flynn was left to awkwardly sit down beside the Taoiseach and exchange small talk - chit-chat, you might say.
I stumbled awkwardly through school discos with her. Times, Sunday Times
said Richard, awkwardly leaping from ice floe to ice floe in the stream of the old man's consciousness. NEVERWHERE
The storeman, plastered with snow, reappears hot and triumphant before the cook, but this dignitary is awkwardly kneading the dough of wholemeal scones, and the messman is feeding the fire with seal-blubber to ensure a "quick" oven. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
When they wished to change their place, they took little jumps, made by the contraction of their bodies, and helped awkwardly enough by their imperfect fin, which, as with the lamantin, their cousins, forms a perfect forearm. Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Now he saw that her hands were held awkwardly, the fin - gers gnarling, the joints swelling. Here There Are Monsters
He drew some pictures for me, holding the marker awkwardly.
He stood awkwardly in the doorway, not sure what to say.
He walked awkwardly across the room, aware that they were watching.
By then, help had arrived in the form of an annoyed looking healer, Julan and Wethin trailing him and holding water skins awkwardly.
Here, though, the number was Mr. LeBlanc's alone, and he gave in to his sludgier impulses, his voice oozing awkwardly around the lyrics, compressing them into unintelligibility. NYT > Home Page
Now when he visits my work area, he doesn't awkwardly bumble about with the mail trolley looking flustered.
He is an important man, after all, his voice strong in the folkmoot, and-and very busy while the fleet is here, not just as a chandler but-well, when you deal with men of many nations, it becomes politics and schemes and -" He was not wont to speak thus awkwardly. The Boat of a Million Years
Dorcas clambered down awkwardly on to Jekub's oily deck.
His inability to interact is awkwardly veiled under his professed love and concern for the world. Sound Politics: McDermott: Bring Back Baath Party
The autoexposure button is awkwardly placed under the lens release button.
What is ideal in an upright position is awkwardly erect when the rest of you is prone. Times, Sunday Times
Squirming in her chair, like an infant awkwardly awakening from a thoughtful sleep, Jane rubbed her makeup-less eyes and yawned.
The rough coastline is the graveyard to numerous ships but also home to massive seal colonies and the awkwardly lovely Strandwolf
We will be awkwardly zagging while most of our peers happily zig in lockstep.
The publication of the economic statistics was awkwardly timed for the Government.
One knee had bent, the right leg now lying awkwardly T-shaped, the wrinkled sole of her right foot against the side of the left knee, in a kind of graceless parody of ballet. The Hunter
My issue is that I do not want a 12-year-old girl dressed in a wet T-shirt and panties... writhing on a bed and... awkwardly grinding in a hootchy-kootchy pantomime. "Ms. Fanning’s commitment to this material is unwavering in its creepiness."
They could subtly deliver literate, polysyllabic dialog without having to awkwardly strain, as do our young actors today, who grow up with the illiterate cinema, not the stage.
This was our first day out together as a team, and although we are a well-oiled machine now, that day we awkwardly scramble to assemble our gear to get the shot.
Somehow he made a misstep and lost his footing, sliding awkwardly down to the bottom of the ravine and bruising himself painfully.
He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone.
If any one be carving awkwardly with the left wrist doubled under, the right arm angularly extended, and the knife sawing at a joint, our village miners and country Californians call it "cack -" or "cag-handed. The Life of the Fields
Here, that's not the way, swaddy, "he continued, joining the two soldiers, who, each still holding his musket in his hand, were fumbling awkwardly with the long ladder in carrying it across the yard. The New Forest Spy
It was awkwardly wrapped and had a strange, oblong shape to it.
His condition improved until by October 1993 he could walk awkwardly, unaided.
In one of these scenes, the portrait of the emperor has been recarved rather awkwardly to represent his successor Nerva, resulting in a somewhat disproportionate pinheaded effect.
Crisp rose awkwardly, stammering a greeting and almost chewed off his tongue before falling silent and blushing, his pale features flushed, marred only by the slight bruising from where he had been struck by the man in the city.
I landed awkwardly and twisted my ankle.
Morgan ap Bleddyn, Branwen and Alison were clustered awkwardly to one side, barely glanced his way. HERE BE DRAGONS
Andrew watched him hobble awkwardly down the hall, then turned and started the other direction.
She stares straight ahead with her right hand on her hip and her left arm awkwardly looped through her father's elbow.
One minute crabbed, spindly lines pick through the chords awkwardly, then suddenly there's a passage of effortless, fluid virtuosity.
You will not be surprised to hear that I got up the next morning feverish and unrefreshed, and I felt quite envious of Tom when I saw him holding his shortly-cropped bullet head under the spout of the pump in the back yard, waggling the handle awkwardly as he had what he called "a sloosh. The Golden Magnet
She stooped a shade awkwardly to rub behind a black velvet ear.
Ian blushed and looked awkwardly to his hands, roughened by work.
Two strangers stand waiting at a bus stop, awkwardly failing in their attempts to cast indiscreet glances at one another.
I don't want... to disabuse you, Alma- ' The long word stuck in her mouth for a second, rolled awkwardly, choking, off her tongue. LOST CHILDREN
The political calculus is that Palin is hilariously unelectable, especially given the outstanding contrast between the president's seriousness and legislative accomplishments and Palin's awkwardly-cadenced screeching, her dissonant incomprehensible populist word salads and unserious, airheaded public flailings. Bob Cesca: The Perfect Storm That Could Elect Sarah Palin
He swung himself astride the dragon awkwardly, because Rincewind was hanging on to his belt.
He looked to have badly hurt an ankle after landing awkwardly. The Sun
Then he composed his features, took Godwin's hand awkwardly and began to usher him from the office.
He said it awkwardly, inasmuch as humility came as naturally to him as modesty to Picasso, but the point was, he said it. C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS
Now she was pacing on the shore, stepping awkwardly on the rocks while her tail lashed furiously.
Awkwardly sited on the river meander, the bridge has an uncomfortable relationship with the freeway.
He found it difficult to explain to these strangers what he was doing in Afghanistan and fumbled awkwardly with his knife and fork. KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds
The autoexposure button is awkwardly placed under the lens release button.
These snippets, however, sit awkwardly on top of the rewritten play, creating an unharmonious result. The Times Literary Supplement
It is also the final race before the awkwardly-named but ultimately successful, project that the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup represented, grows up into next year's full-blooded, FIA-approved competition. Audi and Peugeot fight for final prize as ILMC bids farewell in China
He turned around, balancing awkwardly on one foot.
The directors' faces look cut out, almost as if by hand, and fit awkwardly against the mountain backdrop.
We alighted from the train and I stood nervously as my mother and her one-time true love embraced awkwardly.
He did not have good fine motor control, holding the pencil awkwardly and frowning slightly as he drew.
This is Malcolm," the girl said awkwardly, to fill the silence.
We all sat in close quarters, awkwardly shuffling our coats and bags.
They present movies like this as cautionary tales but hope to rake in the dough from moviegoers who might buy a ticket precisely to see Dakota dressed in a "wet T-shirt and panties... writhing on a bed and... awkwardly grinding in a hootchy-kootchy pantomime. "Ms. Fanning’s commitment to this material is unwavering in its creepiness."
I awkwardly rolled around on the table, feeling like I was a beached whale, until I was lying facedown. Chocolate & Vicodin
Last Wednesday, the world paused awkwardly to contemplate the bizarre and skeevy news that conservative agit-proprieter James O'Keefe attempted to lure CNN reporter Abbie Boudreau ... 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia' Explains O'Keefe's Journalism
Awkwardly he lifted a hand in greeting and farewell and moved on round the rocky edge.
However, the Broadwood men gave the home fans hope through a Freddy Bonniface 20-yarder which bobbled awkwardly in front of Jim Calder.
Ross Shanklin scrambled to his feet and stood watchfully and awkwardly. THE HOBO AND THE FAIRY
He sat down awkwardly and remained rigidly upright, glaring fixedly at the Turner interpretation of the Grand Canal facing him. MURKY SHALLOWS
I don’t see myself desperately grasping for fame and adulation while shimmying awkwardly in fishnet stockings. Britney and Me | Her Bad Mother
Balancing awkwardly on one leg, he lowered himself into his wheelchair.
The only part of the discussion of Afghan policy more awkwardly missing from the calculations that there is no Afghanistan, is that all the men there -- yes, all of them -- are stoned all day, every day on the strongest hash (much of it opiated) on God's earth. Howie Klein: Alan Grayson On Afghanistan: "Just Leave People Alone"
This is Malcolm," the girl said awkwardly, to fill the silence.
We got my luggage in the trunk, and when the driver got into his seat, I was left standing awkwardly with my mom, not knowing what to say.
That being said, girlfriend is still awkwardly clodhopping around, there is zero hip action, and that oversized shawl is doing her no favors. Dancing with the Stars Episode Recap: Monday, Oct. 24, 2011
It's rare to find roof bars suitable for sports cars - first because of the small and awkwardly shaped rooflines, and second because the market is so small.
No amount of festive tips on the perfect table centrepiece or how to wrap an awkwardly-shaped present will make a scrap of difference.
She felt silly and uncomfortable sat next to the silent man, but most of all she felt like a child, unversed and inexpert at speaking to adults and looked down at her hands awkwardly, trying to banish the unsettling feeling.
A child buys a pair of ice cream cones and stomps awkwardly up a flight of steps.
The autoexposure button is awkwardly placed under the lens release button.
The outer suit opened at the front and I clambered awkwardly into it. Anti-Ice
He was sitting in the sanatorium library, his long, grey-flannelled legs crooked awkwardly under the table. THE WHITE DOVE
With a squish, the bar turned to gel and I slid to lie on my knees and chest awkwardly, desperate to turn around (Mother only has the pleasant sight of my backside at the moment.).
On impulse then he leans awkwardly to hug Dad and worse, kisses Dad on his stubbled cheek. Thanksgiving
She crosses her eyes, then uncrosses them, smiling awkwardly.
When something is badly organised, awkwardly structured and feebly managed, the inquiries and inquisitions commence.
As we stood there awkwardly, clutching our bags, Aunt Rachel gazed at us thoughtfully.
Pam gazed longingly at a box of donuts and chitchatted awkwardly with Phyllis about her wedding registry. 'The Office' recap: Like a boss | EW.com
The textile is placed awkwardly on top of the table, creating areas of strong, flat colour and signalling Matisse's future as a painter.
Awkwardly sited on the river meander, the bridge has an uncomfortable relationship with the freeway.
They are well staged, but somtimes fall awkwardly between uncomfortable realism and Hollywood effectiveness.
He fought on with it, though it made a poor cudgel, long and misbalanced and awkwardly curved as it was. Cold Mountain
For some reason, this year I found myself enjoying the little moments when a corporate executive would come out, awkwardly plug his company and proudly present me with a check for some vast amount of moola.
The heavy steel door swung open and Grimes lumbered awkwardly through the entrance, key ring bouncing from the ridges of fat around his waist.
he bent awkwardly
Even so, he did not fully grasp the situation, and was about to protest when I glared at him and he subsided into silence, while Colin awkwardly consented to be my squire. Aleta Dey
She stuttered awkwardly, trying to introduce herself, incapable of uttering a coherent sound.
In the nest a newborn birdling stands awkwardly with its beak open wide, straining in the throes of infancy.
Confused, the lady walked up to the table and stared awkwardly at the beautiful lamp perched upon the horns of the unicorns.
We stood, awkwardly for a full thirty seconds, before he seemed to jolt back to life.
I must've looked anxious because he moved quickly toward me and plopped his arm awkwardly around my waist. Needy Kids
Even popular television war comedies were taken off the air, for fear of jarring too awkwardly with endless hours of Gulf coverage.
The set-up is surreal, if rich in possibility, and the animation unsettling - a kind of collage effect that jitters awkwardly.
We could oppose the war on the streets, support it or remain awkwardly neutral (although few chose the latter option).
I don't want... to disabuse you, Alma- ' The long word stuck in her mouth for a second, rolled awkwardly, choking, off her tongue. LOST CHILDREN

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