broken chord
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Then it grows small again, a lonely keyboard wandering a broken chord as Bryant’s voiceover admits that his body can only play for so long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025
“Giuseppe,” the mother said again, in a soft, broken chord of muted anguish.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
As he listened, he lost his place, the music ended with a broken chord, and the musician sat silent in the dark.
From Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May
At the sound of her step, the man turned quickly, the music ending in a broken chord.
From Old Rose and Silver by Reed, Myrtle
We speak to err, Waking to agony some broken chord Or bleeding nerve that slumbered.
From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard
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