ill-sounding
Example Sentences
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I take back the ill-sounding word, with the remark, though, that cynicism seems to me a word invented by hypocrites.
From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad
And what shall we have to oppose against these ill-sounding sentences of the poets.—
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
Its coarse and ill-sounding name is worthy of the dance.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
I took it as I 'd have taken a more ill-sounding one for money!
From Tony Butler by Charles James Lever
He delighted in a complete success, and grieved over any lapse from the fold of metrical virtue, over any ill-sounding rhyme or unhappy expression.
From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Augustine Birrell
