It had hit him in the back of his arm, the position awkward and hard to get at.

We understand that you're in an awkward position, but your father may not be as understanding.

Which put her in the awkward position of having to fall back on the truth.

Was it putting them in an awkward position even to ask?

The strike put many of them in an awkward position.

What I actually heard was a little different, and it leaves me in an awkward position.

The floor was an awkward position, but he could make it work.

He's also in an awkward position, learning on the job, one he didn't expect to have.

He learned very little by these means, but did get his body into a less awkward position.

I said, thinking he had put me in a very awkward position.