How to use "awkward" in a sentence

Having been a mayor, he knew how to solve an awkward problem: the question of Cosette's real family He told everybody that he was not her father, but her guardian

For a moment there is an awkward silence, and Peter and Michael exchange a smile

With my straight hair and badly-fitting clothes I looked like an awkward schoolgirl.

I stood by the door, feeling silly and awkward.

She could see that I was awkward and shy, and a little afraid of my new life at Manderley.

When visitors came to Manderley, I was shy and awkward

And it's been a long time since I've been this awkward about it."

"I make you feel awkward?"

And when I was young, I was very awkward."

"Suddenly I don't feel so awkward anymore."

Don't feel awkward about it

He's not too heavy for me, worn down as he is, but he's still an awkward bundle."

'No, call the police first, or they'll ask you awkward questions