Words similar to awkward

Example sentences for: awkward

How can you use “awkward” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In his book review "How the West Won," Martin Walker makes an awkward attempt to criticize the West for its air of superiority after victory in the Cold War.
Some photographs are casual, fluent, naturalistic; others are naïve and awkward.
The awkward fact about the surname dictionary is that a great many people will consult it in vain for information about their own names.
The second is a version printed in a 1940 History of the USSR , looking less like a photograph than like an awkward charcoal tracing; the comrade on the left has been excised, having in fact been imprisoned prior to being shot.
This is always an awkward social moment.