Is this sentence awkward? if so, would you change it?
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“Through shaking voice and hands, I barely managed to give a speech.”
If you can change the words a bit, I’d make it:
“With shaking hands and voice, I barely managed to make it through the speech.”
Firstly, a speech is ‘made’, not given. Secondly it was not ‘through’ but ‘due to’, or ‘ because of’, whichever you prefer.
Thirdly we talk about a ‘quaking’ voice and trembling hands.
Finally I would suggest you use ‘my speech’ instead of ‘a speech’ .
Try, “I barely managed to make my speech because my quaking voice and trembling hands.”
I hope I have not offended you by pulling your sentence to pieces!!
You could also change through to: for my
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