off-key

Example Sentences

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One person hemmed in by perfectionist anxiety was invited to sing with an off-key Masli.

From Los Angeles Times

“Shadow Ticket’s” structure turns the current film adaptation of “Vineland” inside out — that would be “One Battle After Another,” whose thrilling middle more than redeems an only slightly off-key beginning and end.

From Los Angeles Times

Stewart and the correspondents then serenaded the president with an off-key tune filled with compliments and praises.

From Los Angeles Times

Amid all of this, responses from the administration were sometimes glaringly off-key.

From BBC

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