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Recent Examples of awkwardness
The job either comes with a perk or the potential for awkwardness with Mattingly also the father of his new boss, Phillies general manager Preston Mattingly.
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Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
These Instagram pages offer a way to reach out before ever arriving on campus, potentially assuaging anticipatory worry and first-day awkwardness.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Ellsworth also partially credits her own awkwardness for her Shark Tank pitch success.
—Katie Moore, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
Evans joined Downey on the CinemaCon stage with some faux awkwardness.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
Love Language events are inclusive in the way in that the average person can be dancing next to a celebrity, and there is no awkwardness.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
Work Together to Fix It Most often, your stylist will be happy to fix any issue without any awkwardness.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
There might be a small touch of some discomfort or dissonance or awkwardness or absurdity or something.
—Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The headset is unfamiliar to many riders, leading to awkwardness and confusion sometimes.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
These Instagram pages offer a way to reach out before ever arriving on campus, potentially assuaging anticipatory worry and first-day awkwardness.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Ellsworth also partially credits her own awkwardness for her Shark Tank pitch success.
—Katie Moore, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
Evans joined Downey on the CinemaCon stage with some faux awkwardness.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
Love Language events are inclusive in the way in that the average person can be dancing next to a celebrity, and there is no awkwardness.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
Work Together to Fix It Most often, your stylist will be happy to fix any issue without any awkwardness.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
There might be a small touch of some discomfort or dissonance or awkwardness or absurdity or something.
—Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The headset is unfamiliar to many riders, leading to awkwardness and confusion sometimes.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awkwardness
Noun
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For Perssonatti, the disease is more about fatigue, brain fog, word salad, and clumsiness.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
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The desire for more speed also demonstrated some of the internal clumsiness Weiss and her close inner circle have lamented on the technical side.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Not two years later this tower was to collapse precipitately under its own weight into a pyramid of dust and rubble, only to be rebuilt later, in, unaccountably, all its former gracelessness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Awkwardness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awkwardness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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