DISSONANCE in a Sentence

Learn DISSONANCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for DISSONANCE, such as:

1. He was startled by the loud and dissonant voice of a man who was apparently dismounting at the door.
2. There already existed between them all the dissonances of the grave young man and the frivolous old man.
3. Composer Charles Ives often used dissonance clashing or unresolved chords for special effects in his musical works.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISSONANCE
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dissonance
 n.  discord; disagreeable sounds; harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds
Classic Sentence:
1  The seamen's clamour rises in emulous dissonance; each cheers his comrade: Seek we Crete and our forefathers.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
2  He was startled by the loud and dissonant voice of a man who was apparently dismounting at the door.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  There already existed between them all the dissonances of the grave young man and the frivolous old man.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
Example Sentence:
1  Composer Charles Ives often used dissonance clashing or unresolved chords for special effects in his musical works.