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The phrase "awkward touch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical interaction that feels uncomfortable or clumsy, often in a social context.
Example: "When he tried to hug her, it felt like an awkward touch that left both of them feeling uneasy."
Alternatives: "clumsy contact" or "uncomfortable touch".
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A slightly awkward touch animates the paintings throughout, but it keeps a few too many of them slightly on edge and unresolved.
Powell then sweetly plopped a ball over a few Cluj heads into Rooney's path but an awkward touch became an unwanted backpass to Felgueiras.
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Which is why I feel like a very happy person," she says, whistling softly and making an awkward touch-wood gesture.
The two men, David Foster Wallace and Bryan A Garner, had cobbled together an awkward, touching friendship after Wallace published a laudatory review of Garner's reference book.
We'll consent to the pat downs, but only if such awkward touching actually makes us feel safer, and not just really gross.
However, some White British participants aged over 70 years reported different views, reporting feeling awkward touching their bodies or believed being breast aware was 'looking for trouble'.
What we have here is an orgy of self-congratulation that is both awkward and touching.
His last fall collection mocked Perestroika-era dress - its awkward, almost touching attempts at imitating Western style with clothes bought on the black market.
There was also a not OK amount of awkward shoulder touching.
How come I don't remember the number of awkward, panicky touches everyone needed to take?
There was also a not okay amount of awkward shoulder touching.
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