ill-sounding
Example Sentences
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“An ill-sounding list of names,” said Mr Tremayne quietly.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah
The girl had been foolish, allowing herself to be influenced by the man's red hair and ill-sounding name,—not knowing a real pearl when she saw it.
From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony
With singular modesty of judgment, they thought invention and discovery ill-sounding names in religion.
From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane
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 Birrell, Augustine
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
