"I'm going to try to stop him," Alfred said, rising awkwardly himself.

By then I've only managed to rise awkwardly from my chair.

He rose awkwardly to his feet and listened for any curious voices coming from the other side of the door.

Mara rose awkwardly and came to her husband, who stood with arms held out straight.

She awkwardly rose from his lap and began searching for her clothing.

He hit the ground near Maddie's feet and rolled, rising awkwardly.

The tall boy rose awkwardly, stretched and put his best foot forward.

He rose awkwardly, inspected the damage, then looked about for someone to blame.

He rose awkwardly and ran a few steps to the doorway to listen.

When he had finished, Peter rose awkwardly and left.