pitchy

Example Sentences

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The glitchy, pitchy Vanellope remains something of a misfit heroine in her high-speed racing game, “Sugar Rush,” and she’s increasingly bored with its well-worn race tracks and retina-searing Candyland colors.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2018

These questions, pressed on, may open trapdoors onto pitchy voids.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2018

Adele gave an uncharacteristically pitchy performance at last year's Grammys - after a rogue microphone fell on her piano strings and knocked everything out of tune.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2017

On the night I saw it they had trouble staying with the band at times and could be a little pitchy, as they say on “American Idol.”

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2011

Clare turned to the window, his good ear picking up the far-off sound: a chorus of pitchy voices in the distance.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman