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
Amid all of this, responses from the administration were sometimes glaringly off-key.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025
These songs look and feel like old-Hollywood-style musical numbers, but charm because of their imperfections; characters sing off-key, they lose their breath and their voices crack.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
And as for all those off-key notes, “Neither Arthur nor Lee are professional singers, and they shouldn’t sound like they are,” Gaga told Vogue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024
“I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay,” sang Laney, off-key and very loud.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
