Awkwardness is an English word with synonyms like clumsiness or stiffness. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Awkwardness in a sentence
Awkwardness meaning
- The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
- The quality of an embarrassing situation.
Synonyms of Awkwardness
Using Awkwardness
- The main meaning on this page is: The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness. | The quality of an embarrassing situation.
- Useful related words include: clumsiness, stiffness, gracelessness, gracefulness.
- In the example corpus, awkwardness often appears in combinations such as: the awkwardness, awkwardness of, awkwardness and.
Context around Awkwardness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Awkwardness
- In this selection, "awkwardness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carpet, overall and agonizing stand out and add context to how "awkwardness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a charming awkwardness to the and accentuate the awkwardness of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "awkwardness" sits close to words such as abbie, abort and adf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with awkwardness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Capturing the awkwardness of Bocchi is voice actress and musician Yoshino Aoyama. (12 words)
Adding to the overall awkwardness is that Snyder continues to be absent league meetings. (14 words)
According to Ashton Kutcher, left, the red-carpet awkwardness between he and Reese Witherspoon was somewhat intentional. (17 words)
Now, if you can imagine that embarrassment, but somehow achieved even if you're watching the sex scene on your own, or with your partner, it doesn't really matter, because the awkwardness is derived from what is happening on screen. (41 words)
In pragmatic terms, it's a way to work around Kaitlin Olson's pregnancy, and straightforwardly incorporating a surrogacy storyline avoids the awkwardness of dressing pregnant actors in empire-waisted costuming and having them hold ever-larger bags. (38 words)
While Isayama described his recent work as "awkward," it is, in fact, this unaffected awkwardness that lends authenticity to the story, which would've otherwise been tricky to pull off without this distinctive characteristic. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to Ashton Kutcher, left, the red-carpet awkwardness between he and Reese Witherspoon was somewhat intentional.
Adding to the overall awkwardness is that Snyder continues to be absent league meetings.
All of the awkwardness and hilarity will be captured by hidden cameras, and Ford hinted the cast put their all into it.
But this is a pose Paul can't maintain, and in that, there is agonizing awkwardness…and fart jokes.
His hot-headed personality makes him easy to laugh at; even when he's trying to be sociable, his angry awkwardness is always a sight to behold.
In pragmatic terms, it's a way to work around Kaitlin Olson's pregnancy, and straightforwardly incorporating a surrogacy storyline avoids the awkwardness of dressing pregnant actors in empire-waisted costuming and having them hold ever-larger bags.
It was just blocking it and just, the sheer awkwardness of you know, grabbing any woman, especially Vince’s wife, and going through there.
Joining the recurring cast in Season 2 as Lane’s () new bandmate and future love interest, Brody brought a charming awkwardness to the boyfriend brigade — a group previously reserved for brooding bad boys.
Loving was so I could get out of my marriage to Ginni without the resulting awkwardness, and Obergefell was Harlan’s idea.
Not only will they appreciate your direct approach, but it will alleviate that post-date awkwardness of wondering where you stand.
Now, if you can imagine that embarrassment, but somehow achieved even if you're watching the sex scene on your own, or with your partner, it doesn't really matter, because the awkwardness is derived from what is happening on screen.
Sitting down on the adjacent sofa, Jesse can barely bring himself to look at Jose, overwhelmed by the awkwardness of the situation.
There are awkward gaps between the various conversations that add nothing to the promo as a whole and only accentuate the awkwardness of the proceedings.
The way to get over that fear and awkwardness of talking is to just do it, repeatedly, he said.
The Whyte Mart clerks — I never asked their names, just for all three samosas to help offset the awkwardness of buying perplexing volumes of this sacred fluid.
To avoid any awkwardness with clients and silence, Devine works to ensure conversation can flow easily and comfortably.
Viewers were quick to respond to Lorraine’s slip, taking to to comment on the awkwardness of the situation.
We are giving kids tools before they are 10 and 12 years old for how to reduce that social awkwardness.
While Isayama described his recent work as "awkward," it is, in fact, this unaffected awkwardness that lends authenticity to the story, which would've otherwise been tricky to pull off without this distinctive characteristic.
Capturing the awkwardness of Bocchi is voice actress and musician Yoshino Aoyama.
Common combinations with awkwardness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the awkwardness 26×
- awkwardness of 20×
- awkwardness and 11×
- and awkwardness 10×
- social awkwardness 6×
- awkwardness is 4×
- awkwardness to 3×
- awkwardness with 3×
- of awkwardness 3×
- awkwardness between 2×