poor ear

Example Sentences

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In a land resounding with the Marseillaise and the Internationale, Schuman said quietly: "I have a poor ear for music."

From Time Magazine Archive

I jerked the phone away from my poor ear.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

When a person has a poor ear for music he will flat and sharp right along without knowing it.

From Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences by Twain, Mark

And, oh! that poor ear, how it did smart, and how loud the noise of the box did sound!

From The Book of One Syllable by Bakewell, Esther

You have a poor ear for music, John Doe.

From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Mathes, Harry A.