Sentence examples for awkward reading from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "awkward reading" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a text or passage that is difficult to read or understand due to its structure, language, or style.
Example: "The author's use of complex vocabulary and convoluted sentences resulted in an awkward reading experience for many readers."
Alternatives: "clumsy reading" or "uncomfortable reading".

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Furthermore, Kavanagh's fondness for unattributed quotations makes for awkward reading.

The reversed construction is not parallel and makes for awkward reading.

The encyclical will make for awkward reading among some Catholic Republicans, including John Boehner, the Republican speaker of the House.

The 83-page report, agreed unanimously by a committee that includes MPs on both sides of the referendum debate, will make awkward reading for all the major players.

After the awkward reading ended, one witness recalled in a blog comment, Mr. Carroll shouted: "I don't even know what I'm doing here.

For a Government that has frequently fallen back on Victorian ideas of the deserving and undeserving poor – in 21st-century parlance, the "strivers" and the "shirkers" – the annual Christmas appeals to help the homeless must come as awkward reading.

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Every episode of HBO's Girls so far has featured an awkward (read: raw, honest, refreshing) sex scene.

#Awkward Read more: https://t.co/PLwqJp7kQd pic.twitter.com/IRZZvMKoSs.

A mattress-height platform, in lieu of a headboard, made for awkward bedtime reading.

(This "pictorial enlightenment," as Luis Buñuel termed it in a jacket blurb, makes the book eminently browsable — and somewhat awkward subway reading).

If your writing is awkward to read aloud, it's probably awkward to read on the page as well.

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