Sentence examples for sounds awkward from inspiring English sources

It sounds awkward, but it works.

This in no way sounds awkward.

Even to the untrained ear that sentence sounds awkward.

If it sounds awkward as a modifier here, rephrase — perhaps "the skins that have been shed".

("Bring-it-to-the-chuuurch" sounds right; "I'll-meet-you-to-niiight" sounds awkward).

It sounds awkward from a kid saying this, but it's true".

Does that sound awkward or funny?

There are points in "Par Lui" that sound awkward and alien.

Compared with the jittery original, Superchunk's version sounded awkward and flat-footed.

Mr. Brady delivers a lengthy address to the troops that could sound awkward coming from a lesser performer.

Yet except for the brilliantly imaginative orchestration, the nuts-and-bolts musical elements in Berlioz can often sound awkward.