awkward
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Livia may have been the awkward “country mouse” of her class, but she was a prodigy, and her fragile self-esteem relied on the superiority of her playing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
This can create especially awkward moments for those politicians who hang around long enough for voters to examine the results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Related: ‘I know it’s awkward to give advice to wealthy people’: My wife, 50, has terminal cancer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Note the awkward silence after he gives his team the proposed name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
You’re usually self-conscious during introductions, but being back in a group of Native people is worth feeling awkward at first, and the feeling is temporary anyway.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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