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Example sentences for "little awkward"

  • She was timid and shy, and a little awkward.

  • But as it had to be, if she only looked a little awkward, or not such a lady, or a bit uppish and fretful, she would seem so much more real.

  • Being nearly the same height, they were so near each other that it was a little awkward.

  • It is a little awkward sometimes, for people do not always see this sort of relationship.

  • Why, he is so pleased with himself and you and Dick this evening that he hardly knows how to contain himself; but he is a little awkward in showing it.

  • No, I do not think you are curious, Mr. Dancy; it was only a little awkward for me to tell you about our acquaintance with Mrs. Cheyne.

  • She had remained in her place and he was before her on the grass, his hands in his pockets and his manner perhaps a little awkward.

  • His laugh was now a little awkward, as if she had already succeeded in making him uncomfortable.

  • It was a simplicity that, clearly enough, made her friend a little awkward.

  • It is sometimes a little awkward, brother Humphrey," Cornelius remarked with a little temper, "that our inclinations so often prompt us to do the same thing at the same time.

  • We were a little awkward at first, though perhaps the awkwardness was chiefly mine, because I hardly knew what to talk about.

  • This would have been a little awkward, had not Mrs. Cassilis proved herself equal to the occasion.

  • We skippers found it a little awkward to get on shore and come off again, for the Company’s tug was almost the only reliable conveyance, and she could not spare individual attention to our ship only.

  • There were a very nice set of officers in the ship; but the chief was a senior man, and it is a little awkward to come the skipper over one of your colleagues.

  • I had to speak, which was a little awkward, but I scarcely think I trod very heavily on any one’s toes.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    little ahead; little ball; little band; little below; little boiling; little breathlessly; little cream; little dark; little disappointed; little father; little feet; little frightened; little gravy; little nutmeg; little over; little party; little pepper; little plant; little season; little seasonal temperature variation; little sisters; little thrill; little tired; little wife; little wistfully; little woman