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The phrase "awkward ring" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a ring that feels uncomfortable or is not fitting well, either physically or in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "When I tried on the vintage ring, I found it to have an awkward ring that made it difficult to wear comfortably."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable ring" or "ill-fitting ring".
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It was close to midnight, and the riot police had formed an awkward ring around the area.
With Khan's appeal against a five-year-sentence for running over a homeless man still hanging over him, the new film's plot – a magnanimous Indian fella helps a stranded, mute Pakistani woman get back over the border – has the awkward ring of a timely public-relations overture.
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It's awkward to ring a client and say, 'I was following him for eight hours and unfortunately lost him at junction 31 on the M62 because a lorry got in my way'," he says.
"The fact that McGregor was so awkward in the ring probably made it even harder for Mayweather at first.
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So it was slightly awkward for Mary to ring Henry.
I think it gets a bit difficult because in a country town … one of our nurses had four children here and they went to the local high school so their children know a lot of people in town and I think it would be a bit awkward if you had to ring up someone and said, "Look you know…" And medico-legally I mean confidentiality I always sort of worryabout.
This included nine instances of men with rings stuck in awkward places; nine people with their hands stuck in blenders and shredders; numerous people with their hands stuck in letterboxes; a child with a tambourine on its head … the list goes on.
The non-concentric location of the wafer on the clamp ring may result in awkward drop-off after sputtering; resulting in damage to the wafer.
As it is, her telephone, ringing nonstop with the awkward weepings of the desperate, has to be left off the hook just after 11 every night.
Will it be this awkward every time Cragen investigates a prostitution ring from now on?
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