He whistled tunelessly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : In the corner stood a tuneless old piano. From Dictionary.com.
She had her eyes to the floor, hummed tunelessly. From Wordnik.com. [I Can't Answer] Reference
She was humming, tunelessly and endearingly off-key. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness]
The one-eyed man whistled tunelessly between his teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Victorious]
Skif hummed to himself tunelessly as he considered that. From Wordnik.com. [Take A Thief]
Penfeld sat beside him, humming tunelessly under his breath. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
Whistling tunelessly, Hawkes filled out the rest of the form. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
Someone was coming along the woods trail, singing tunelessly. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Ours]
Harper whistled tunelessly and stared up at the cloudless sky. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Sword]
Remember the old hippie cantor strumming tunelessly on a guitar?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Banasel was whistling tunelessly as he set up readings on a computer. From Wordnik.com. [The Players] Reference
We don't want someone tunelessly singing twinkle twinkle little star. From Wordnik.com. [Will I miss Tracey Emin ?] Reference
Smythe continued to stand there, humming tunelessly beneath his breath. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
Siegfried was satisfied and began sharpening it while humming tunelessly. From Wordnik.com. [Dare 2B Wise] Reference
It binds us more powerfully - tunelessly - to one another than a blood bond. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
The computer beeped tunelessly to indicate that it had finished its calculations. From Wordnik.com. [Life, the Universe, and Everything]
He blinked against his sleepiness, sipping at the water bottle, humming tunelessly. From Wordnik.com. [Armageddon's Children]
He was humming tunelessly under his breath, letting Jace know he wasnt that annoyed. From Wordnik.com. [City of Ashes] Reference
He whistles tunelessly as Meriwhen's hoofs crunch through the road's crusted surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Engineer]
He whistled tunelessly through his teeth as she placed a call to the Duvall residence. From Wordnik.com. [Fat Tuesday]
He turned to a filing cabinet, unlocked it and searched through it, whistling tunelessly. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
She headed out to the parking lot, climbing the stairs, whistling tunelessly as she went. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Crew]
BASHIR WALKED onto the bridge of the Phoenix, hands behind his back, whistling tunelessly. From Wordnik.com. [THE WAR OF THE PROPHETS] Reference
And Daffyd was humming to himself, almost tunelessly, as she fumbled with the water bottle. From Wordnik.com. [The Soprano Sorceress]
The second man was sitting with his back to the stairs, whistling tunelessly and rolling dice. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
Juilin whistled tunelessly and nearly silently, peering into the dying fire with false intensity. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
He tunelessly whistled an old marching song as he stuffed his mud-stained clothing into his pack. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]
I was PW for Phantom Whistler, because I used to aimlessly and tunelessly whistle around the house. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: Poetry Friday: The Name of the Rose] Reference
Most pathetic excuse for a Broadway musical: Les Misérables, lurching tunelessly towards its inevitable closing. From Wordnik.com. [2002 Emily Awards.] Reference
They listened collectively as he took off his boots and removed his jacket, whistling tunelessly as was his habit. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Bloom] Reference
At the stoplight where Fourth met Main, Billy hummed tunelessly a non-existent song waiting for the signal to change. From Wordnik.com. [Another Metamorphosis: A Moral Tale about Obsession] Reference
He reached for a drawer in his dresser, opened it and pulled out some underclothes, humming tunelessly under his breath as he dressed. From Wordnik.com. [Supermind] Reference
I sat for a minute at the telephone desk, whistling tunelessly, and then picked up the receiver again and asked for a number in Oxford. From Wordnik.com. [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]
Chip would be coming and going and whistling tunelessly all over the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Letter of the Contract] Reference
He avoided her eyes, looking up the street and whistling tunelessly beneath his breath. From Wordnik.com. [The Letter of the Contract] Reference
There was an unbending, too, when we used to sing together, in my case very tunelessly. From Wordnik.com. [Father and Son: a study of two temperaments] Reference
Cummings started singing tunelessly: "Oldfield, he's married, so he knows about coook-iing.". From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
Cheerfully and tunelessly he warbled a cowboy ditty as he packed his supplies and prepared to go. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, You Tex!] Reference
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