Collocations for awkward - adj.

be, look, seem
make sth

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
She asked some rather awkward questions.

incredibly, terribly
a little, slightly, etc.

make things awkward
He could make things very awkward for me if he wanted to.

be, feel, look, sound
He always sounded awkward on the phone.

become
make sb
He was embarrassed, which made him awkward.

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
a little, slightly, etc.
painfully
As a teenager he was painfully awkward in company.

socially
I was the most socially awkward person you could imagine.

about
They felt awkward about having to leave so soon.

with
She is awkward with people she doesn't know.

Awkward is used with these nouns:
adolescent, angle, conversation, corner, gait, gap, moment, pause, position, question, shape, silence, situation, teenager, transition