Example Sentences

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Then the music changed — chords crashed discordantly and Omicron slipped onstage, twirling its mustache from behind its collared cape.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2021

For people convicted of crimes, the commitment to rehabilitating them co-existed discordantly with laws that barred them from the markers of full citizenship, such as juries, voting, and many jobs.

From Salon • May 29, 2021

That admission was startling for Trump, who for two weeks had struck a discordantly optimistic tone about the pandemic that endangered his presidency.

From Washington Times • Mar. 17, 2020

The carnivores and the herbivores mostly coexist harmoniously, if discordantly.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2019

Mr. Van Dyke leaned back in his chair, the springs creaking discordantly.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam