dissonant
Example Sentences
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The album’s penultimate track, “Actress,” is another eight-minute-plus epic, and its movement between whispered folk and thick, dissonant orchestrations is joyful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
But the truth is dissonant, as Stokes pointed out.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
Experts say that the merger strikes a dissonant chord from a branding perspective too.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024
There’s a way to do it where it starts dissonant and then moves into harmony.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024
Noodle laughs, high-pitched and dissonant with the eerie music from the march.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
Vocabulary lists containing dissonant
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