The phrase
"awkward position" means being in a situation that makes you feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, or unsure of what to do.
Full definition
This has put the group in the rather
awkward position of having to defend its belief in climate change.
This solves that problem, allowing you to position the camera in a whole host of otherwise
awkward positions for getting exactly the shot your want with you in it.
The fingerprint sensor has been moved to a high,
awkward position on the rear of the phone, and I found that it constantly failed to recognize either of my two index fingers.
This makes the children feel even more stress, guilt, and hopeless, caught in worse and even more
awkward positions between parents.
This can place them in a very
awkward position if they are unable to help even if they were prepared to.
I'm always amazed at how babies and toddlers can sleep in what seems like
incredibly awkward positions, for hours and hours, but wake up refreshed and ready to go.
For the life of me, it seems as though the filter is in the
most awkward position ever; behind and under the engine block.
When a person is not active, does a lot of sitting, and sleeps
in awkward positions, their body responds by putting their muscle tissues into overdrive.
For me, this is a bit
awkward position for my top hand, but it may feel just fine for you, so make sure to give it a try.
But in this case, their assessment is accurate... just not very kind, and they're putting you in a
really awkward position.
Doesn't that put god in
awkward position with all the miscarriages that happen; surely they're acts of god.
No 10 found itself in a rather
awkward position when it became obvious that Leveson wouldn't have anything to do with this very political affair.
Nick Clegg is in a slightly more
awkward position as his seat Sheffield Hallam is set to be redesignated as Sheffield West and Penistone and he could face a strong Labour challenge.
If you think about it, it puts us in a rather
awkward position because lawyers serve the clients on one hand, but on the other are compensated by the law firm on a billable hour structure.
They won't bug you with silly little fights just to get your attention, and they certainly won't put you in
awkward positions where you have to make a choice between her and your friends or family.
There are specially designed core strengthening workouts that can help your dog to gain an improved sense of balance and better body control, which helps him to instinctively protect himself
from awkward positions that may lead to injuries.
That has left the Senate Democrats in a
somewhat awkward position of either trying to convince voters that they have more in common with a fellow Democrat than the Republicans do — even if Cuomo himself won't come out and say it — or sniping at Cuomo from the sidelines by questioning his Democratic bona fides (a la Sen. Tony Avella, who has become something of an expert at this).
Polltroll — they're in a rather
awkward position at the nomen between Scottish Labour surging up back to where they were in 2011, the Conservatives certainly back in play in the vast majority of seats they took in 1979, and the Lib Dems ahead in some key heartland constituencies.
However, it does put Long and the Conservatives in the
potentially awkward position of removing a candidate simply for following the law of the land as it's written.
Augmented reality is in an even
more awkward position than virtual reality, with plenty of companies diving in to capitalize on the attention in this space without necessarily putting in the development cost to make an app great.
Upper limb RSI occurs when your tendons are straining more than they should for long periods of time, which can be because of movement repetition, a
sustained awkward position, or prolonged pressing against hard surfaces.
FLANNERY: I'm not so certain and that puts me in the
terribly awkward position of not totally buying into a guy who is one of my personal favorites.
Being new moms, we would often breastfeed our babies together and I noticed it wasn't only me — my new mother friends were breastfeeding in
similar awkward positions contorting their bodies especially by leaning over to get closer to the baby and I often heard them complain of their own aches and pains.
I'm talking about babies pointing out their tush and one foot in a super
uncomfortable awkward position, as if giving birth and dealing with epidurals, dilation, and contractions wasn't enough for mom.
Neill is the respected chairman of the justice select committee and his intervention puts Grayling in a
deeply awkward position.
In fact results published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), show that being engaged in manual tasks
involving awkward positions will increase the risk of low back pain by eight times.
This modification can help your joints heal and improve your pressing strength, but the slightly
awkward position demands a certain amount of practice before you become able to use the exercise in its full potential.
Instead of David being simply turned on by all the naked flesh, the respectable facility's grouchy and annoyed owner (Ho Young Chung) asks his young employee to police the upstairs rooms, where illegal gay makeout sessions seem to occur from time to time, putting David in the
supremely awkward position of having to look for what he secretly craves so he can put a premature end to it, which thus subliminally suggests some of his inner struggle.
The central premise — two straight guys skating together — gives the movie plenty of comedic fuel, but Blades of Glory provides a great deal more than the
expected awkward positions sight gags that were promoted.
If they can reach you, and if you haven't died too many times already, they will revive you - although sometimes they will revive you in a really
awkward position so you instantly die again.
Unfortunately, Samsung has retained the
same awkward position for its fingerprint reader — on the back, right next to the camera array.