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
One person hemmed in by perfectionist anxiety was invited to sing with an off-key Masli.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
Playing on home clay in his first tournament since a three-month doping ban, Sinner overcame an off-key start before overcoming the 11th seed 1-6 6-0 6-3.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
The substitution sounds wrong to Gogol, correct but off-key, the way it sounds when his parents speak English to him instead of Bengali.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
