- a clumsy apology.
- a load of bunglesome paraphernalia.
- a sticky question.
- an awkward bundle to carry.
- an awkward dancer.
- an awkward gesture.
- an awkward pause followed his remark.
- an awkward prose style.
- awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion.
- awkward and reserved at parties.
- clumsy wooden shoes.
- his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot.
- his cumbersome writing style.
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?.
- ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know.
- in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign.
- the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl.
- they arrived at an awkward time.
- too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes.
- was always uneasy with strangers.