A change of offensive systems may well have contributed to this awkward period.

In the meanwhile, it is an awkward period.

There was an awkward getting-acquainted period, he said, comparing it to gardening.

It's not a permanent change, but if you keep the enhancement for more than three years, and remove it, you'll have an awkward period of adjustment.

Second, while you're publicizing your new number, there will be an awkward period when some people are still dialing your old numbers.

It was an incidental benefit of a very awkward period.

It just arrived at an awkward period for me.

That core should lead the Nets through an awkward period and into Brooklyn.

Yes, there might be awkward periods of adjustment, they conceded.

His own father had been understanding, and had helped him get by that awkward period.