How to Use discordance in a Sentence

discordance

noun

• The discordance of the noble music with Trump’s narration feels almost self-aware.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2022
• There is such a thing as twin-twin discordance, Dr. Greves points out, which means the fetuses are growing at different rates inside the uterus.
  — Health.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• At the Barrow Street Theatre, a three-piece orchestra pares Sondheim’s complexities but not the eerie discordance of his score.
  — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2017
• Now however there is nothing short of massive discordance.
  — Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021
• As a professional editor, Susan is alert to discordance and senses something is not quite right.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2022
• The lengthy obituaries detailed my career accomplishments and deep ties to family and friends with the uncanny discordance of an AI bot.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• And right now, this trend feels so fresh, especially after seeing way too many wiggles and squiggles, too much beige boucle, and the often eye-piercing discordance of maximalism.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 4 Mar. 2022
• Language discordance—the situation when providers and patients speak different languages—is all too common throughout the United States.
  — Benjamin Allar, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2021
• Faces are rendered masklike, figures totemic, with rich palettes of teal, peach, ocher and toffee lending an ominous discordance to the subjects, who often seem burdened with melancholy—or glowering with menace.
  — Brian P. Kelly, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022
• Opening with discordance, Bergman Island is a portrait of romantic doubt that swells to existential proportions.
  — Annie Geng, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2021
• Adding to the discordance between the words and images is the fact that, as a clever video editor illustrated — King specifically preached against consumerism, and specificallycar commercials, during the very same sermon quoted in the ad.
  — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 5 Feb. 2018
• In a study published a year ago, Lieberz and her colleagues showed that lonely people struggle to synchronize with others, and that this discordance causes the regions of their brain responsible for observing actions to go into overdrive.
  — Marta Zaraska, Quanta Magazine, 28 Feb. 2023
• The discordance was unsurprising since the specialists’ answers were based on a review of patients’ electronic health records — a data source ChatGPT, whose knowledge is derived from the internet, has never seen.
  — Casey Ross Reprints, STAT, 3 Apr. 2023
• Three recent observations show hints of discordance between the model and reality.
  — Kyle Dawson, Scientific American, 1 May 2021
• Perhaps the clash between interactivity and narrative which Ebert had identified could be resolved by going meta—by making the discordance somehow essential to the story.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2007
• The dramaturgical dissonance is symptomatic of a larger racial discordance.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2019
• Here, the particular problem for Mr. Biden is the discordance between his insistent optimism about the economy and a realistic explanation of how inflation comes down.
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
• Medical interpreters demonstrably improve care and are our best method to address disparities arising from patient-provider discordance.
  — Benjamin Allar, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2021
• The ambience of ambient TV is often predicated on homogeneity; any diversity or discordance would disrupt the smooth, lulling surface.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
• Those 24 hours of overspilling discordance, however, seemed a significant moment in modern footballing history.
  — SI.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• This organic feedback loop leads to more consistent (and therefore more persuasive) messaging and helps avoid inadvertent discordance, particularly as new voices are added to the interview lineup.
  — Dean Fealk, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
• But obviously sometimes what surprises and exhibits discordance can also inform.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2010
• Note the striking discordance between maternal mtDNA and paternal Y ancestral estimates.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2011

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024