disharmonious

Example Sentences

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But the drawings appear strange, with the new edifice dwarfing all around it in a way that is disharmonious, dominating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

It’s an unlikely embrace where discord creates its own beauty, disharmonious and true, where tension and conflict aren’t byproducts, but essential to art.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Beenhakker remained and a disharmonious squad was eliminated in the second round by arch rivals West Germany.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2014

The smaller bells were cast in the 19th century, which many French historians consider to be recent; their metal is of low quality, and they produce a disharmonious sound, the experts say.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2011

Hence mere bodily satisfaction of sensuous desire must have a disharmonious and deteriorating effect, because it ignores a basal fact of man, namely spirit, and leaves that side of him starved and unsatisfied.

From Men Women and God by Gray, Arthur Herbert