Word: awkwardnesses
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...Then the doughy-faced one twists around to face us. Pointing, she says: “Like you!”“Sorry, just joking,” Simon says with an apologetic smile. “Oh,” the woman says, her grin becoming awkward. “We don’t usually do this, we don’t just pick up hitchhikers,” she chuckles quickly. “I just couldn’t bear the thought that some creep might get you. You look so young...
Einstein also took time off from furiously revising his equations to engage in an awkward fandango with his competitor Hilbert. Worried about being scooped, he sent Hilbert a copy of his Nov. 4 lecture. "I am curious whether you will take kindly to this new solution," Einstein noted with a touch of defensiveness...
...appeared a little awkward throughout the tour,” said Jones of the man who “just didn’t look like a tourist.” The man also carried a pricey-looking video camera and recorded the tour diligently...
After seven years in rowing shells waiting attentively for the coach’s directions, you would think it easy to formulate commands of my own. You would be mistaken. Like all first efforts, mine at giving instructions were awkward. “Alright guys, we want to keep the shoulders quiet and steady, and change directions from the hips. Understand what I’m saying?” Those words, in my head so sensible and accurate, were initially met with bemused looks and, a little later, with unenthusiastic action...
...while Lamont seemed nervous at the start of the debate, with a few awkward pauses between words, he largely held his own against the 18-year Senate veteran and former vice presidential nominee - rebutting Lieberman's attacks and trying to impress on Connecticut voters that Lieberman is too close to President Bush...