There was a moment of slight awkwardness as Mr Lewis glanced around the table.

Philip followed, alighting with only a slight awkwardness.

Her English was accurate enough, but there were slight awkwardnesses.

The man stood and hurried toward the pallet, extending a water bottle, left-handed, with a slight awkwardness.

When her father arrives, there is slight awkwardness until he starts to tell Marji the story of the war.

A slight awkwardness seemed to fall between us.

After they had eaten she managed to get astride her horse with only slight awkwardness; she was learning.

Daylight began to feel a slight awkwardness, and the sun would persist in setting her hair a-smouldering.

Ms. Learned initially shows a slight awkwardness with her elaborately embroidered dialogue, but she soon settles into it comfortably.

So I want the movement to have a sense of slight awkwardness, of stutter.