Word: awkward
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...short time before one was built, and then followed a scene which is not a pleasant subject of contemplation. An officer of the college took upon himself a police duty, which not only derogated from his dignity, but placed him for over an hour in a very awkward position. More than this, the matter which he undertook to control was only made worse by his interference; instead of one bonfire, placed where it could do no harm, four were kindled,-those in very bad blaces. The celebration which, if left to itself, would hardly have lasted long, continued half...
Only twenty-four ! I should have thought her at least forty. Pale and sallow, lanky and awkward, with straight hair cut short and put back from a high forehead on which there were already many wrinkles, she looked a plain, unhealthy woman, her shoulders had the student's stoop, and her movements were constrained and full of gaucherie. She was careless, almost slovenly in her dress; but I mentally excused all this in her feeling sure that her concersation would be brilliant enough to make amends for all her other shortcomings. But what was my surprise when I found that...
...impossible for him to finish in the allotted time. This of course brings buried work, and, in most cases, correspondingly poor work. Especially is this true in the examinations on languages. A man is given a piece to translate which he has only time to render into awkward and rough English, and which is therefore of no possible advantage to him as an exercise. Now if more care and judgment were used, all this might be avoided, and we should at least be spared the trouble of having to go over a paper at break-neck speed, in addition...
...babel of discordant but exhilarating cries of encouragement to their champions on the water. One by one the graceful craft appear in sight, the oarsmen swinging like a piece of perfect mechanism, the blades flashing in the evening sun, the coxswain anxiously calculating how closely he dare shave the awkward corner looming in the distance, and how soon he shall venture to call upon stroke for that final spurt which shall bring the taper bow within bumping distance of the boat which they pursue. Stroke by stroke the interval is lessened; the cries on the bank grow louder and more...
...hoped that, after foot-ball has ceased for the season, more men will be willing to train regularly. The crew are at present rowing without the slides and with stiff arms most of the time. The men are heavy, stocky and muscular, but somewhat stiff and awkward in their movements. The first eight are now rowing in the following order: Bow, Smith; 2, Lincoln; 3, Foote; 4 Delafield; 5, Ayer; 6, Borland (capt.); 7, Barnes; stroke. Harris. Stroke has an easy, regular motion, but might get a longer reach with advantage. Seven's time is rather poor...