discordant - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • note: No discordant note is heard in this Temple of the Pure.
  • guitar: Double A - side ' Life Without Balloons ' , whilst sounding completely different to begin with soon branches out into discordant guitars.
  • noise: Swinging from moments of discordant noise to beautiful harmonies, sometimes in the same song.
  • voice: Of course, there have been some discordant voices.
  • pair: Matching yielded 27 discordant pairs, giving an Odds Ratio of 2.86 ( for ELF electric fields ).
  • sound: Then I was struck with the discordant sound Of human voices there, Which seemed to me like wild geese Cackling in the air.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: But it would be inappropriate to end on even a slightly discordant note.
  • so: Can a man consent to place the object of his affection in a situation so discordant, probably, to her tastes and inclinations?
  • seemingly: This one wove seemingly discordant notes into a totally original tune.
  • sometimes: It delves into the dark underbelly of human relationships to expose the sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant emotions that affect us all.
  • seriously: He discards whatever is most seriously discordant with the bulk of the available statements.
  • often: The music that Carl Davies has written is complex, often discordant but the group took it on with ease.

Used with adjective complement

  • sound: Like music, what will suit the voice of one person will sound discordant from another.

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