Sentences with phrase «for awkwardness»

To me, that more than makes up for the awkwardness of handing over a phone to someone and having them press buttons.

«A «cold» approach will almost never work, if not for the awkwardness of it.

It will inevitably be compared to 2003's Bad Santa, a superior and significantly edgier film that really went for awkwardness and black comedy.

That doesn't mean Burnham's film is laugh free however; his picture is punctuated with comedic moments that are humorous for their awkwardness without turning mean - spirited.

Naomi is pleasant, eager to help, and perhaps a little guileless; putting them in a little room together for months seems like a recipe for awkwardness, if not outright disaster.

This can be difficult amid our busy schedules when our professional lives dominate our personal lives, and can sometimes call for some awkwardness when attempting to strike up a conversation with a stranger.

It's a recipe for awkwardness for everyone, and it could have all been avoided if Jessie didn't say something.

ps apologies for my awkwardness, a fashion blogger I am not.

There's also the potential for awkwardness when we end up inadvertently meeting the other person's play partner.

This might make for some awkwardness around the office water cooler, since D'Amato is notably close to Senator Gillibrand [rather unforgetable optics of him center - stage at her victory celebration] and this post notes his firm is working on her opponent's campaign...

A little childish fun — there's something about the innocence of childhood that leaves no space for awkwardness or shyness.

So in honor of Valentine's Day and «love» in all its (occasionally creepy) forms, let's check out some new examples of parental obsession, featuring moms and dads with a penchant for awkwardness.

And id prefer to keep Welbz if only for his awkwardness, potential, and defensive capabilities.

The Nationals traded for him, and it made for some awkwardness between the organization and the incumbent closer, Drew Storen.

(This one has the potential for awkwardness if you do later end up dating a different coworker.

Not exact matches

Your Skype call goes over by five minutes, the next group is chomping at the bit trying to get into the room for their meeting, awkwardness ensues.

All this being said, there is still obviously such a thing as too much awkwardness, and most of us will continue, despite Dahl's pep talks for the self - conscious, to strive to behave stupidly in public as little as possible She very much understands that impulse and offers many tips she dug up speaking to researchers for the book, including:

By taking a moment to address the awkwardness, both the employer and potential employee are able to get on the same page about the direction of the interview in order to see if they are a match for one another.

Sounds like a must - read for everyone who's struggled with awkwardness, in high school and beyond.

This awkwardness continued for months, until I finally left an encoded letter upon her desk.

Yes, there are apps that can upload physical notes already, but this makes it easy for creatives to bypass the awkwardness of a stylus without going too Luddite.

Zarda reportedly said this in order to prevent any awkwardness for the woman who would be tightly strapped to him during the sky - diving jump.

And I suspect that those people who are «shunned» are isolating themselves just as much, because they are trying to avoid the inevitable awkwardness, and then blame their families or friends for not reaching out.

If there's one thing that stands out in 2017 (the year when various segments of Christianity cling ever tighter to either «Free Market Jesus» or «Social Justice Jesus») it's Johnson's courage to risk awkwardness for following in the footsteps of Christ's relational boldness.

She had to have known that her beautiful pregnant belly with a failed promise of life was the source of awkwardness and discomfort for the rest of us.

The difference is, unlike most people, he's learned to embrace the awkwardness and the insecurities, and he's come out more confident for it.

Somewhat like Mozart transforming the rather silly libretto for The Magic Flute into the most extraordinary melodies, Shakespeare can take the rather pedestrian awkwardness of English, with its clumsy consonant clusters, random stress accents, and unmusical cadences, and turn it into an arresting melody.

For all her social awkwardness, O'Connor thrived on the literary relationships she forged mainly through letters with luminaries like Caroline Gordon, Cecil Dawkins, and the Fitzgeralds as well as admirers like Hester.

Then there's the awkwardness of public masturbation and groping the neighbor in the dining room, about which Dr. Philip Sloane says, «A lot of time, the activity we think of as sexually deviant behavior is just reaching out for intimacy.»

Still, there is a certain awkwardness here, for the argument just presented runs against those three passages in Process and Reality where Whitehead does speak of direct prehension of the distant past.

Sure, it may not be ideal for a first date, due to the awkwardness of the cheese stretching all over the place, but other than that, it really is an anytime food that is sure to fill you up.

There's some guilt for having let so much time go by, a bit of awkwardness getting to where you left off, and oh, where to begin....

Let's hope for plenty of interviews with Lewis Hamilton - after all, with the potential for some serious awkwardness, who wouldn't want to watch that?!

We saw Lynch's agent tweet for Wilson to take his head out of his ass earlier this season during Seattle's loss to the Cardinals (which was the last game Marshawn played in this year), and there has always been a little bit of awkwardness there to whose offense this really is.

Believe me, the primal revulsion one feels at seeing a boy's hands reaching for her has nothing to do with awkwardness.

The beach was beautiful but the awkwardness of juggling an infant made it unpleasant for everyone.

Let them know that the only way to overcome this feeling is to experience the awkwardness without reaching for alcohol or marijuana or any other drug.

It's not always good to talkOur party's annual staff drinks reception is usually famed for its combination of licentiousness and social awkwardness.

Watching the sheer awkwardness of intelligent Republicans attempting to portray a two - year Alaska governor with five kids (one with Downs and another pregnant) as the best of all possible choices to stand as Vice President behind a 72 - year - old man who endured years of brutal captivity in war and has been treated for cancer, repeatedly.

Right now, though, the strategy creates the need for some awkward tactics - an awkwardness reflected in the dubiousness some people will have to Clegg's speech today.

The following year, Isay had his first experience with client - list awkwardness, signing on as a spokesman for Schumer in his underdog campaign to unseat D'Amato.

«He's there for all of them... despite any kind of awkwardness, he still went to fundraisers for the candidates.»

There will be more awkwardness to come: The loss, widely interpreted as a rebuke of the Obama administration, occurred exactly one week before the president is scheduled to come to town for a major fund - raiser.

This will cause much consternation among particle physicists and much awkwardness for the LHC's boosters.

But dim lighting is the best compromise for the gleeful awkwardness of playing Kinect: You want to be able to see your fellow players, but you don't want harsh clinical light to make their every move even less flattering.

Given the awkwardness of tracking postdocs» long and irregular work hours and the risk of unpredictable overtime costs, many universities are likely to opt for hiking postdoc salaries to the threshold.

Afterward, the volunteers rated the interaction for comfort, awkwardness and enjoyment.

«Eating this way for me has required more organization and planning,» she told mbg, «but I also know that any time I make adjustments to my diet there is a period of awkwardness before it just becomes a new routine or habit.»

They have a nice compact square design quite similar to the PowerBlocks which offers easier range of motion for certain exercises without having the awkwardness of longer, bulkier dumbbells.

I love seeing the way you transitioned your outfit and reading your tips for making it work for you without awkwardness.