AWKWARD in Classic Quotes

1  At such a time much might have been said, and silence was very awkward.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 43

2  Elizabeth quietly answered "Undoubtedly;" and after an awkward pause, they returned to the rest of the family.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22

3  She had never seen a place for which nature had done more, or where natural beauty had been so little counteracted by an awkward taste.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 43

4  By Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley they were noticed only by a curtsey; and, on their being seated, a pause, awkward as such pauses must always be, succeeded for a few moments.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 45

5  Mr. Collins, awkward and solemn, apologising instead of attending, and often moving wrong without being aware of it, gave her all the shame and misery which a disagreeable partner for a couple of dances can give.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18

6  It seemed like wilful ill-nature, or a voluntary penance, for on these occasions it was not merely a few formal inquiries and an awkward pause and then away, but he actually thought it necessary to turn back and walk with her.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 33