awkwardness

Example Sentences

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I've made expert dancers out of the awkwardest men!

From King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays by Dell, Floyd

How be 'ee going to get the little maid, now?" said a voice she recognised as Farmer Minards'; "'er's the awkwardest of the two to get 'old on, by a long way.

From Paul the Courageous by Quiller-Couch, Mabel

Miss Boncassen could be graceful as a nymph in doing the awkwardest thing!

From The Duke's Children by Trollope, Anthony

He was the crudest, awkwardest, greenest candidate that had ever put in appearance on the Trumbull gridiron.

From Over the Line by Sherman, Harold Morrow

Toffy apples are about the awkwardest thing imaginable to carry.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby