off-key
Example Sentences
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He and his comrades were often forced to sing Soviet songs and were punished if they didn't sing "loud enough or sang off-key".
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
Interspersed with footage of Grande and Erivo were clips of Ludacris, Rob Gronkowski, Shaquille O’Neal, Gayle King, Ken Jeong, Heidi Klum and Khloe Kardashian submitting tounge-in-cheek “audition” tapes, many with off-key singing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
Playing on home clay in his first tournament since a three-month doping ban, Sinner overcame an off-key start before overcoming the 11th seed 1-6 6-0 6-3.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
These songs look and feel like old-Hollywood-style musical numbers, but charm because of their imperfections; characters sing off-key, they lose their breath and their voices crack.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
His voice was loud, warbled, and atrociously off-key.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
