How to Use out of tune in a Sentence

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• The man who sang out of tune had been waiting for her again.
  — Longreads, 19 Jan. 2022
• The instrument sat dusty and out of tune in the corner of a storage room.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
• Now, pitches that were flat sounded in-tune, and pitches that were in tune sounded a little out of tune.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2013
• The question is whether this cast is up to similar cohesion, simply out of tune at the moment.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2022
• Deep chords in the low strings shifted ever so slightly, while high above this the violins played an octave that drifted out of tune and back.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
• The right note in that scenario—the kind of experience with which these men, in their different ways, all seem too familiar—might sound out of tune.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• The orchestra is horribly out of tune, causing the spirit of Lydia Tár to possess Cate Blanchett. 5.
  — Vulture, 23 Feb. 2023
• For Democrats, those priorities are out of tune with the dire economic straits faced by many residents.
  — Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Nov. 2020
• His trademark falsetto can sound strained; his midrange is grainy, and sometimes slightly out of tune, especially on the live albums.
  — Craig Morgan Teicher, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2022
• Two issues that are big populist issues for the left and the right where a classical liberal like me may look out of tune are immigration and trade.
  — David Marchese David Marchese, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• That’s a hard act to pull off given that the traditional idea of a king is an image out of tune with the 21st century and what is required of a constitutional monarch.
  — Sarah Gristwood, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022
• Sometimes, Oscar voters are just out of tune with what deserves recognition.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2023
• As the environment changes, your brand-market fit can also change, and the experience your brand exudes can end up out of tune with common concerns and trends.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Its standout feature is by far its polyphonic tuning ability, allowing users to strum every string at once and see which are out of tune at a glance.
  — Julian Vittorio, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2023
• But what happens when your home is no longer recognizable and your harmonious little corner of it is now miserably out of tune?
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2021
• His voice weaves through swoony Stereolab-esque electronic textures throughout the record, its victorious pop moments laced with a droning pulse, going in and out of tune.
  — Owen Myers, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2022
• Since then, Katz’s portraits, along with his laconically decorative renderings of trees and flowers, New York cityscapes and Maine landscapes, have spent long periods looking out of tune with the zeitgeist.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2022
• Instead of following preventative medical guidelines and doctors’ recommendations, patients often fall out of touch with their care team and out of tune with their health.
  — Justin Li, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022
• The score is sad, unsettling, with sparing, minimalistic instrumental that makes use of out of tune guitars and other unique sounds; Santaolalla even recorded in unusual spaces, like a bathroom.
  — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 17 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024