The unmusical cry of the bluejay. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Too unmusical to care for concerts. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
QUOTATION: A name unmusical to the Volscians ears. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations] Reference
The contrast within the Scripture of the musical and the unmusical is a very marked one. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest English Classic] Reference
I'm not a very good singer and I am not completely "unmusical," but I am close. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Archer: What's Next for Next to Normal?] Reference
A name unmusical to the Volscians 'ears. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature] Reference
A name unmusical to the Volscians ears. From Wordnik.com. [Act IV. Scene V. Coriolanus] Reference
In a spontaneous competition for music directors present at the awards, Javed Akhtar gave them an 'unmusical' verse to compose on IPL and the general elections. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
Tubas, though assertive and blatant, are not unmusical. From Wordnik.com. [The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments] Reference
This wailing note is singularly wild, and not unmusical. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859] Reference
From below two deep, unmusical snores rose comfortingly. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce of the North Woods] Reference
The fourth line of that stanza is unmusical and inharmonious. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
Somehow, her laugh, which was not unmusical, was never pleasant. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
I sat mute and unmusical as everyone crowded around the piano to sing carols. From Wordnik.com. [Fault Line]
"Lovely creature, Lady Harden," the unmusical major began, as he lit his cigar. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
It was terrible - not singing but shouting, totally unmusical, and drove people away. From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference
And when he had rung off, he sat down weakly and laughed, his laugh unmusical and sad. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
As knowledge of the Hope-Jones methods spreads, these coarse and unmusical stops disappear. From Wordnik.com. [The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments] Reference
He will not attempt to make a musician of an unmusical child, nor a mechanic of an artistic child. From Wordnik.com. [Study of Child Life] Reference
The unmusical character of prose style is not determined by weakness, but by adaptation to function. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
Now, to the casual listener, a Stockhausen composition like this one can sound alien, even unmusical. From Wordnik.com. [Composer Stockhausen Dies at 79] Reference
"Servant, sir," he squeaked in his shrill unmusical tones, "Oho! this is the philosophy of it -- is it?". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
"You poor girl!" she exclaimed, throwing just the right reflection of sympathy into her not unmusical voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
England and America have long been classed among the unmusical countries of the world, and for good reasons. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Cumbersome, unmusical and intellectually corrosive as jargon may be, both men seemed quite grateful it exists. From Wordnik.com. [Cutting through the jargon] Reference
"Cives, antiqui amici majorum meûm," which was common enough; but he says, with a much more unmusical sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4] Reference
Our English does, indeed, sound harsh and unmusical as we try to represent her words; yet what a picture is here. From Wordnik.com. [The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891] Reference
Over and over again the not unmusical strains welled out from one of the private rooms, opening off the grill of the Homestead. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story] Reference
I had too high a temperature to be embarrassed, but the human whisper is a very tedious and unmusical noise; especially at night. From Wordnik.com. [Surprised by Joy]
His rhythm is rough and unmusical, his style harsh and inverted, his imagery cold, his invective bitter, and his verbiage immense. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
As Schopenhauer remarked, every good poem is short; long poems always contain stretches either of unmusical verse or unpoetic music. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
It was three minutes to eleven, and the last stroke of the clanky church-bell had just died away in a series of unmusical vibrations. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
Laurus; the nuthatch, a noisy but not unmusical bird, Chakor, together with small partridges, but these are rare; several Conirostres. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The name of a Frenchman was unmusical in the ears of any Englishman of that period, and it sounded harshly in the ears of the British soldier. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
A band played wild and not unmusical airs during the interview, and the crowd of attendants who surrounded us were seated in respectful silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
The ominous word "fire!" followed by the maddening unmusical efforts of a crazed bell, reduced all this din and uncertainty to a logical something. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
He strode along, his tinkling collection of charms providing him with a not unmusical accompaniment, and came to stand directly before Travis, eying him carefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Defiant Agents] Reference
Closer by, the cow-boys 'crooning would have sounded harsh and unmusical, but at this distance it shaped itself into a plaintive, minor melody that was very pleasing. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
As Cyn spoke, the somewhat unmusical voice of Jo Norton was heard in the hall, singing an air from a popular burlesque, followed by the appearance among them of Jo himself. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
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