off-key

Example Sentences

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He and his comrades were often forced to sing Soviet songs and were punished if they didn't sing "loud enough or sang off-key".

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

After Hegseth gave us his version of news headlines, he performed a brief off-key song and dance before skating out of the room having accomplished little and settling nothing.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

She’s funny and interesting and a little off-key but fully committed, and you never know what she’s going to do next.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Amid all of this, responses from the administration were sometimes glaringly off-key.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

Normally her singing, off-key and enthusiastic as it was, made me roll my eyes.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben