awkwardness

Example Sentences

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My life was littered with awkwardnesses, estrangements, mutual disillusionments, abandoned projects.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2016

Burdened and gifted with adult perceptions and childlike impulses, her adolescent headaches and awkwardnesses gave way to her "blue flowerlike glance" of both innocence and desire.

From Time Magazine Archive

When such awkwardnesses of her own creation threaten to overwhelm the story, L'Estrange keeps things moving by simply brazening through.

From Time Magazine Archive

He did not supervise the last editing, and there are a few awkwardnesses in the version that is being released.

From Time Magazine Archive

The conversation could have loomed, a mountain range of awkwardnesses.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen