Consciousness is a short and awkward interval that many persons and many races pass through.

Joanna urges her reader to disregard these marginalia, which of course - in the tradition of everything from "Tristram Shandy" to "Infinite Jest" - pop up at awkward intervals.

He was well connected at home, but after an awkward interval he was recalled.

He could sight-read any score, even one of Domick's, without missing a beat or an awkward interval, or those florid embellishments Domick insisted on writing for the treble parts.

At the time, the third was considered an awkward, ugly interval by the sacred musician - like the tritone, or diabolus in musica - but it was a common interval in folk music.

All they found was Adept Havelock, who appeared at awkward intervals and treated them to displays of wisdom and decorum which would have embarrassed the ruffians at a carnival.

Compared to other commonly occurring intervals like the major second or the minor third, the augmented fourth and the diminished fifth (both two valid enharmonic interpretations of the tritone) are considered awkward intervals to sing.

He sang crowd-pleasers like "O Sole Mio," and transformed the drinking song in "La Traviata" into an audience sing-along, which involved the house lights being turned on and off at awkward intervals.

The third movement is a very difficult piece and has been described as a virtuosic tour de force; technical challenges include wild arpeggios, polyrhythms, rapid ostinati in awkward intervals, and hands conflicting with each other at great speed.

But Captain Kalbfleish - following the awkward interval after I had returned - also abandoned the station by dying.