off-key
Example Sentences
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On the love song “Easy,” she sounds creaky and weathered, flittering off-key.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
He and his comrades were often forced to sing Soviet songs and were punished if they didn't sing "loud enough or sang off-key".
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
Stewart and the correspondents then serenaded the president with an off-key tune filled with compliments and praises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
These songs look and feel like old-Hollywood-style musical numbers, but charm because of their imperfections; characters sing off-key, they lose their breath and their voices crack.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
I'm off-key, but together our voices drown out the fighting.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
