ill-sounding
Example Sentences
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I take back the ill-sounding word, with the remark, though, that cynicism seems to me a word invented by hypocrites.
From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph
I take back the ill-sounding word, with the remark, though, that cynicism seems to me a word invented by hypocrites.
From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph
At Bayonne, concerning a clerical epistle in which an ill-sounding phrase occurs, "the grand-vicar who drew it up is sent to Pignerol for ten years, and I think that the bishop is exiled."
From The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by Durand, John
I took it as I 'd have taken a more ill-sounding one for money!
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
With singular modesty of judgment, they thought invention and discovery ill-sounding names in religion.
From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane
