I would say better that than it always being an awkward compromise that doesn't really suit either of you.

"Traditional peer review has always been an awkward compromise imposed by the inadequacies of the paper medium," he said.

The prevailing theory: an awkward compromise among the jurors.

It was an awkward compromise that gave the Bosnians hope, but denied them arms to defend themselves.

It proved an awkward compromise and has never fostered the live-and-let-live attitude within the military that the authors of the policy had sought.

The two men disliked each other, and Stilwell held so many appointments that any working arrangement had to be an awkward compromise.

As a sort of awkward compromise, he took both of her cold, limp hands in his to warm them.

This was an awkward compromise, but it'd worked.

But the policy has been an awkward compromise, and last week, it led the Canadian church into one of the bitterest controversies in its history.

Many subsequent productions, while less obviously outrageous, have still been marked by awkward compromises.