discordance

Example Sentences

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The idea that anyone, even Infiniti’s plucky proto-guerilla, is special in a perpetual war against oppression is a minor discordance in the script, along with a small character’s moral turn that’s a bit too convenient.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

Testing for apoB rather than LDL-C could identify people who are at high risk due to this discordance.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

There is also a weird thematic discordance when you consider that “Thrones” spent eight seasons showing us the destructive folly of cyclical power struggles, ultimately building to a resolution designed to leave all that behind.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2022

Usually that discordance is taken to signal a psychological, rather than physical, issue.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2021

I pounded my unease into the keys, hoping the discordance would drive him away, but he held on.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago