AWKWARDLY in a Sentence
Learn AWKWARDLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
198 example sentences for AWKWARDLY, such as:
1. She came into the house awkwardly defiant.
2. He hesitated, balancing awkwardly on one foot.
3. The president laughed off the awkward situation.
4. I hope the police don't ask any awkward questions.
5. I suddenly found myself in an awkward predicament.
2. He hesitated, balancing awkwardly on one foot.
3. The president laughed off the awkward situation.
4. I hope the police don't ask any awkward questions.
5. I suddenly found myself in an awkward predicament.
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Meanings and Examples of AWKWARDLY
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awkwardly
ad. in an awkward manner
Classic Sentence: (175 in 12 pages)
1 "You'd have found me right off if you hadn't gone back to have that last reel with Denis," he brought out awkwardly.
2 "Come in," she invited, turning awkwardly on her side.
3 As she bandaged it for him, he explained awkwardly that when attempting to get into a hen coop at Fayetteville, he had been discovered.
4 The Bonnell home, awkwardly patched and roofed with rude boards instead of shingles, managed to look livable for all its battered appearance.
5 Scarlett," said Tommy awkwardly, "I do hate to ask a favor of you, after being impudent to you, but I'm going to ask it just the same.
6 Climbing awkwardly down from the wagon, he stumped toward her and, bending, kissed her cheek.
7 Jim Tarleton, little Hugh Munroe, Alex Fontaine and old man McRae's youngest grandson came slowly and awkwardly down the path from the house bearing Gerald's coffin on two lengths of split oak.
8 The man rose and walked awkwardly toward her, his shackles clanking, and she saw that his bare ankles were red and raw from the chafing of the iron.
9 Handling her needle awkwardly, she jabbed it into her thumb and with a little scream of pain and annoyance that made them all jump, she squeezed it until a bright red drop appeared.
10 Rosedale continued to fumble awkwardly with the tea-pot, and she felt sure that he had heard what had been said of her.
11 Terrified, pallid, noiseless in stocking feet, he did the kitchen work and the sweeping, his big red hands awkwardly careful.
12 She came into the house awkwardly defiant.
13 While I stood awkwardly confronting the two girls, Krajiek came up from the barn to see what was going on.
14 He spoke and wrote his own language so seldom that it came to him awkwardly.
15 He hesitated, balancing awkwardly on one foot.
Example Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1 The 64 year old man spoke slowly, almost awkwardly to his people, promising stable government in which no corruption would be tolerated.
2 The 64 year old business consultant spoke slowly, almost awkwardly to his people, promising stable government in which no corruption would be tolerated and an acceleration of the country's integration into the EU and NATO.
3 I had been lying awkwardly and my leg had gone numb.
4 The autoexposure button is awkwardly placed under the lens release button.
5 I was the first to ask him awkward questions but there'll be harder ones to come.
6 When I turned round, I found that she had whipped off to avoid awkward questions.
7 The awkward boy I knew had metamorphosed into a tall, confident man.
8 In an awkward press conference, Mr King parried questions on the allegations.
9 It's an awkward corner to drive round, so take it slowly.
10 He made her feel hot, and awkward, and unsure of herself.
11 She never lost her social poise, however awkward the situation.
12 I suddenly found myself in an awkward predicament.
13 I hope the police don't ask any awkward questions.
14 The president laughed off the awkward situation.
15 I felt awkward at intruding on their private grief.