- a clumsy apology.
-  a load of bunglesome paraphernalia.
-  a sticky question.
-  an awkward bundle to carry.
-  an awkward dancer.
-  an awkward gesture.
-  an awkward pause followed his remark.
-  an awkward prose style.
-  awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion.
-  awkward and reserved at parties.
-  clumsy wooden shoes.
-  his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot.
-  his cumbersome writing style.
-  if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?.
-  ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know.
-  in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign.
-  the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl.
-  they arrived at an awkward time.
-  too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes.
-  was always uneasy with strangers.