awkward question
Frequency: 6.58.2 per million words
A question that is difficult or embarrassing to answer.
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Examples (10)
- The journalist asked an awkward question about his past.
- He managed to evade the awkward question with a clever response.
- Asking such an awkward question made everyone uncomfortable.
- She was prepared for any awkward question the committee might ask.
- It was an awkward question, and he hesitated before answering.
- Nobody wanted to pose the awkward question to the boss.
- His directness often led him to ask an awkward question inadvertently.
- The silence after the awkward question was palpable.
- They tried to anticipate every awkward question during the press conference.
- Responding to an awkward question requires a lot of tact.