out-of-tune
Example Sentences
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As he fumbles with his out-of-tune Flying V, looking ready to shred in a thrash band, the crowd cheers for his success despite his self-doubt.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
Producers infuriated the choir director by choosing a slightly out-of-tune version of the carol; they thought it captured an innocence they were seeking, said Bang, who wrote liner notes for the box set.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022
But things did not go according to plan, and what came out of the laptop’s speakers was less of a Beethoven’s masterwork than an out-of-tune mess.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022
A live recording of the largely unrehearsed performance, which ended in smashed instruments, was released in 2009 in all its ramshackle, screeching and in-parts wilfully out-of-tune rock 'n' roll glory.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2022
The resulting jangling, sparklingly dissonant sound, which is brittle, full of edgy attack and a kind of out-of-tune resonance, would have been - literally - unimaginable, even terrifying to audiences of the day.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
