Sentence examples for awkward adaptation from inspiring English sources

Another awkward adaptation involves a couple who come to Paul in anguish over a pregnancy.

The awkward adaptation of author EL James's erotic novel nabbed five prizes at the Golden Raspberry awards, including a share of the year's worst film award with the superhero flop Fantastic Four.

Due to the rather awkward adaptation from play to libretto (sample song cue: one actor says to another, "Listen"), A Bronx Tale plays like a standard jukebox musical, only without tuneful songs coming out of said jukebox.

UKIP remain something of a mystery to the left most explanations for their success are awkward adaptations of historic theories about how racist parties gain power, for instance, that they exploit economic crisis by finding a scapegoat, or that with the help of a craven media they make previously taboo ideas respectable.

UKIP remain something of a mystery to the left – most explanations for their success are awkward adaptations of historic theories about how racist parties gain power, for instance, that they exploit economic crisis by finding a scapegoat, or that with the help of a craven media they make previously taboo ideas respectable.

The adaptation is sometimes awkward and the transitions hard to follow, but she captures the characters' pathos and fragility nicely (1 20).

Indeed, watching Mr. Bana frequently strut his seminude stuff, nimbly avoiding the full-frontal reveal even as he flashes some discreet cheek, is one of the few pleasures afforded by this often ridiculous, awkward, unsatisfying and dour melodramatic adaptation.

In addition to hopping across the festival circuit to promote what could result in his and Simmons' first Oscar nominations, he's starred in a buddy comedy ("That Awkward Moment"), a major YA adaptation ("Divergent") and a rom-com opening this week ("Two Night Stand").

His love of acting is such that one hardly notices the deficiencies in Lucas's adaptation or in Julia Gibson's awkward characterization of Kristine.

This may be because the occurrence of musculoskeletal deviations and adaptations likely take place with sustained awkward positions over long periods of computer use.

Woody Allen starred in this adaptation of his own play as an awkward film critic who is coached in his love life by the ghost of Humphrey Bogart.