Post excerpt breaks words

I am using this plugin on my website’s home page and it breaks words at the end of the line, not at the space between the words. For example “and” is split “a” at the end of the line, and “nd” at the beginining of the next line.
I have checked all the settings multiple times and the text is aligned left. I can’t find any setting that addresses this. How do I fix this?
Great plugin except for this!
Thanks