ill-sounding
Example Sentences
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The girl had been foolish, allowing herself to be influenced by the man's red hair and ill-sounding name,—not knowing a real pearl when she saw it.
From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony
Mrs. Zwicker was indulging in a tirade against the pleasure resorts and the ill-sounding names of places in the environs of Berlin, when the postman came.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
Its coarse and ill-sounding name is worthy of the dance.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza
“An ill-sounding list of names,” said Mr Tremayne quietly.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah
The distorting of names occurs frequently enough not as a slip of the tongue, but as an attempt to give the name an ill-sounding or debasing character.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund
