dissonance
Example Sentences
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She remembers being captivated by the “beautiful dissonance” in his music.
From Los Angeles Times
If there’s a complaint to be had with “Boo-Yah” it is the dissonance between Scott’s dignified approach to a terminal disease and the documentary’s close-to-maudlin treatment of its subject’s passing.
The strange dissonance became even more jarring when the administration finally released its long-awaited “National Security Strategy.”
From Salon
There is a cognitive dissonance in their argument, however, given that many of those same forecasters assume that strong corporate profit growth will continue unabated.
From Barron's
At its most insightful, his book reveals a colossal dissonance between a person and a persona.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
