Example Sentences

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Every now and again it managed an untuneful note.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye

They were not altogether silent; but even in that spring time of the year they only exhibited their pleasure by a faint untuneful twittering and chirping.

From Dick Onslow Among the Redskins by Soper, George

Such hath it been depicted in their legends who went before me; What therefore, I have seen and heard, declare I unto you In measures artless and untuneful.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard

Far from it, they are too often the victims of an untuneful tenor or bass.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by Curwen, John Spencer

The mullah's voice, not untuneful was rousing all the valley echoes in the call to prayer.

From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot