be consonant
Example Sentences
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“You can make opera with full orchestra and singers, and have it be consonant, have it be humble — and have tunes!” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2022
It seems to be consonant with the cross-party view that has prevailed for decades now, that we should be strengthening workers’ rights in this country ...
From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2019
But the Vatican said last week in a statement that “it may emerge that choices were taken that would not be consonant with a contemporary approach to such issues.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2018
The Vatican said it was aware that such an investigation may produce evidence "that choices were taken that would not be consonant with a contemporary approach to such issues."
From Fox News • Oct. 6, 2018
That identity of partial tones is not a sufficient explanation of consonance—as Helmholtz thought it to be—is proved by the fact that simple tones, which have no partials, may still be consonant.
From The Principles of Aesthetics by Parker, Dewitt H.
