ill-sounding

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And what shall we have to oppose against these ill-sounding sentences of the poets.—

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

The story which we are writing, and the great name of Cleopatra which appears in it, have prompted us to these reflections, so ill-sounding, doubtless, to modern ears.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Gautier, Th?ophile

But when he communed with his son concerning the espousals, and informed him of his plans, the son thought it strange and ill-sounding, and cast it off, and left his father and went into exile.

From Barlaam and Ioasaph by John of Damascus, Saint

“An ill-sounding list of names,” said Mr Tremayne quietly.

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah

He delighted in a complete success, and grieved over any lapse from the fold of metrical virtue, over any ill-sounding rhyme or unhappy expression.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine