be discordant
Example Sentences
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“I don’t know if during other occasions or places there might be discordant voices from fundamentalists,” said the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi.
From Time ● Jan. 12, 2015
The timbres can be pretty, like the guitar picking and churchy organ that open “Hounds,” or they can be discordant.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2011
“I think it would be discordant to the feeling of the body politic.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2010
As to the music he wrote:—"We sometimes have a melody that cheers my heart, though it would be discordant upon the ears of an Englishman."
From Life of William Carey by George Smith
If either the musician or his instrument is out of order, the music will be discordant.
From How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony by William Windsor
