英语词汇“tuneless”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Ignatius chewed while the man began his tuneless whistling again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Sir Grummore began cackling in a tuneless alto, like thousands of wild geese on the Wash. “Hush! Hush!” cried Sir Palomides. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worried about Mama’s cheeriness, her tuneless humming, her determination to serve all of Master’s meals, her frequent hushed words to Amala. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They both looked over at Ess, who was now doing something with a stick around her shells and humming a tuneless song to herself. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A few moments passed before they heard a tuneless humming. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Rita will hum, while kneading or peeling: a wordless humming, tuneless, unfathomable. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bands were scattered around the fairgrounds, well back from the front entrance, and whatever they were trying for sounded like tuneless noise and echoing feedback by the time it reached us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The sound was discordant, warped, tuneless, but she banged away, trying to play “Chopsticks.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When her father put the receiver down, Mary Anne, whispering a tuneless half-remembered melody, thumbed through the telephone directory, and with her pen, marked the number of the Ravenel Air Station’s Officers’ Club. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the croaking of a frog, hoarse, tuneless. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next door, I hear her opening her wardrobe, riffling through hangers, humming something tuneless. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Without the filtered light of the sun it was almost dark, and the sound of the rain hitting the pine branches high above their heads filled the grove with a weird, tuneless music. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Setting it firmly on her head, she deliberately pounded the piano keys, producing a hideous, tuneless sound. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But the very next minute he’s mumbling in Hebrew, humming that tuneless tune, and forgetting he’s got a friend who’s suffering. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Terrible, tuneless songs, over acting/shouting by everyone, terrible script. Review: ‘A Christmas Story Live!’ Wasn’t Lively Enough 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

"When he was stoned, he was at best a tuneless knob, and at worst a paranoid mess." Why I won't be going to see the Stone Roses, by John Harris 2012-06-22T23:15:00Z

He appeared on Wednesday’s finale, naturally, alongside another one of the show’s great oddities, the tuneless William Hung. ?American Idol? Crowns Its 9th Winner 2010-05-27T16:16:00Z

It's Ok that you don't get it, but that doesn't mean it's "tuneless". ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Surely the robot-voiced, tuneless protagonist of “Fitter, Happier” would now be uploading his daily exercise data to the cloud. On ‘OK Computer,’ Radiohead Saw the Future: Ours 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

I surprise myself when I do: our tuneless voices rise and fall in the dark. Fierce ? review 2011-03-24T21:30:02Z

The sound track was birdsong, and one particular fellow made a trill followed by a tuneless thrum as if he had a guitar in his throat. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

Yes, precious sirs, this tuneless journey we are on—it is sublime! Play It Again (for the First Time) 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

Ms. Elder sang in a flat-featured moan, and Mr. Valentine in a tuneless mumble; when they vocalized together, the effect was slovenly. Music Review: Joshua Light Show in Residence at Abrons Arts Center 2010-05-14T21:54:00Z

But the music in Spider-Man is deadening in its mediocrity, tuneless and forgettable, with rhymes that rarely employ words of more than one syllable. Not kerCHING, just thud 2011-02-14T21:35:14Z

Who wouldn’t want to live there – especially now, in place of this grey, tuneless reality? Forget Cats: in a close-run field, Marriage Story was the musical highlight of my holiday 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z

The result is desultory, often tuneless, and the kind of disc that would be forgotten in a long career. Review: Kate Nash's 3rd album is desultory 2013-03-04T16:40:10Z

It’s a tuneless ditty that breaks down the oddball activities Bamford engages in to keep dark thoughts at bay. Commentary: The best comedy lesson Robin Williams taught me was learning to laugh at myself 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z

The fact that this hard-edged and nearly tuneless theme song went to No. 1. All 85 Prince singles, ranked 4 u from worst 2 best 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

I’m finding Republicans’ “concern” about the Equality Act very tiresome, a tuneless diatribe they’ve been chanting for decades. Opinion | Equality does not infringe on anyone’s rights 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

You might remember Spears from her songs, belted out in tuneless unison by a gaggle of sixth-grade girls at a sleepover, perhaps, or viewed over and over on MTV. Opinion | Did Britney Spears grow up? Or did we? 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

The anarchic energy and tuneless protest of Grass’s character found admirers across the globe, especially among other artists. 'It's about German guilt': Why The Tin Drum still divides audiences 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

“It’s a Kenyan pop song,” she declares, heralding the tuneless yowls of an all-white junior choir. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” Is at Cate Blanchett’s Command 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

And so the swallow is divorced Twice from her voice, her tuneless chatter, And no one asks her what’s the matter. “Swallows” 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

My father never hid that he had high expectations of me, for which my tuneless, lackluster attempts with guitar proved pitifully inadequate. Masculine Dads Raise Confident Daughters 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

And instead of songs with melodies, the station now plays recordings of tuneless chanting football fans. A sarcastic response to Syria's militants - BBC News 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

BST14:44 This is a serious national anthem rendition here, complete with tuneless kid right next to the mic; excellent stuff. Belarus v Spain: Euro 2016 qualifier – as it happened 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

Using Auto-tune to pull off a tuneless vocal performance on a live telecast? Grammy Smackdown: Kanye’s Right About Beck’s Snoozer of an Album 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Yet its critic Troy Rawhiti-Forbes expressed reservations about comedian Russell Brand's "tuneless" contribution and George Michael's performance of his new single White Light. Critics applaud 'cheesy' ceremony 2012-08-13T09:18:40Z

After their funding was cut they sold T-shirts to raise money and recorded a funny and fabulously tuneless version of I Need A Dollar to raise money. London 2012: Handball Team GB heroines go down fighting to Montenegro 2012-07-28T22:40:00Z

Either way, Hodgson's wallflowers will greet Europe on Monday night not with a song in their heart, but with an urgent sense of tuneless realism. Euro 2012: England need a song – a suffocating drum 'n' bass opus 2012-06-08T21:00:02Z

This is a serious national anthem rendition here, complete with tuneless kid right next to the mic; excellent stuff. Belarus v Spain: Euro 2016 qualifier – as it happened 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

Finally, after weeks of nothing but tuneless wooshing, I whistled my first note. Spine Tuning: Finding Physical Evidence of How Practice Rewires the Brain 2012-04-16T22:45:03.407Z

Long on the leafless willow, My tuneless harp has hung, The themes are all forgotten, On which its numbers rung. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z

He passed into the garden and loitered there, recalling the notes after a tuneless fashion of his own. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z

Presently a shrill whistle sounded; it was followed almost instantaneously by a prolonged crackle, which had hardly died away when from above them came a zip, zip, zip, like the notes of some tuneless bird. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z

Whitman has, amid the fleshly and physical poems, much that is deeply spiritual; amid the tuneless and formless, much noble thought fitly voiced. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z

ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z

He commences, with a few broken sentences, pronounced in a harsh tuneless voice, with a strong Scottish accent. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z

Its inflexible harshness and cacophany seemed like the voice of fate speaking out its tuneless perseverance in the night. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

As we left the Chincha Islands some frolicsome young Peruvians, disregarding the discord of the flute and violin, and unmindful of the timeless tuneless twanging of the two harps, got up a dance. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z

His eyes were very bright as they fixed on me, and his voice, harsh, high pitched and tuneless. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z

There was not a ring of mirth in it--a tuneless, mocking laugh such as might come from the throat of a devil. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z

The bungalow was unique in type, if bungalows are ever alike, and the pine trees that sheltered and brushed its roof with a sibilant swish, hummed now a pretty tuneless whisper. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z

The vocal chords behind the green silk bosom,—you only discovered it was not a bronze silk bosom by poking a fold aside,—had become as thin and tuneless as a dried old woman's. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

In vain, alas! in vain of such to sing, With trembling hand a tuneless harp I string. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z

So in thy beauty I rejoice, Nor flout thy tuneless cries; Peacocks with Philomela's voice, Sing but in Paradise. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z

He was singing in a high-pitched tuneless voice, and his song seemed to enrage the "brain-fever" bird in the mango tree, where he had hidden silent since the dawn. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z

For long she hummed a tuneless song into the sunshine and retreated far away into some maternal dream. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z

Inhabitants of far Japan Are happy as the day is long To sit behind a paper fan And sing a kind of tuneless song, Desisting, ev'ry little while, To have a public bath, or smile. Verse and Worse 2011-07-12T02:00:34.607Z

The wide eyes that were caverns of gloom; the tuneless accents that never shook or varied, cowed her into quiet and obedience. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z

I always sing at my work, and what's more, my song is not tuneless. Canadian Fairy Tales 2011-05-30T02:00:14.087Z

And pleasant recollections come to us of Oliver Goldsmith, who, as he tells us, oft led ‘The sportive choir With tuneless pipe beside the murmuring Loire.’ Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z

Then may I hear no toll Of heavy bells to burden all the air With tuneless grief: for happy will I be!— The Dawn Patrol, and other poems of an aviator 2011-05-02T02:00:20.747Z

Poetry: having found the word, Alix felt it pervade and explain the whole service—the tuneless chants, the dim glooms and twinkling lights, the austerity. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z

Now have I sung my tuneless song, But I hearken, Lord, for Thine; Then shall a music, sweet and strong, Pass into mine. Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg 2011-04-11T02:00:10.567Z

Never have I listened to music, even the best, with more pleasure than I had in hearing that thick and drunken voice yelling a tuneless song! The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z

I’m sure I’m not aware of having—” She began to hum softly, to herself, as it were, some tuneless air. Her Infinite Variety 2011-04-01T02:00:30.590Z

From a distance came the sound of a coarse voice singing in maudlin tones a tuneless song. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z

Ah that my lips were tuneless lips, but pressed To the bruised blossom of thy scourged white breast! Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z

But, he goes on to say, “in that case they would be tuneless as their original, whereas they are the notes of a singer who cannot but sing.” The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z

Donne’s frequent use of roughly-accentual, almost tuneless lines is unexplained and was not often followed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z

At intervals I heard the pagan fantasy—jumbled measures of the most fascinating, tuneless music that was ever set afloat. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z

In addition, they had a brass band that played tuneless, wailing music nearly every night, to the accompaniment of the howling and barking of dogs. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z

"Oh, cork up that tuneless whistle," growled Minerva Powelton; "you make too much noise." The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z

The tuneless tune of those rondes remained with Alex long after the words had lost the savour of irony with which novelty had once invested them. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z

Another answered it; another took it up; and the melancholy baying wavered from roof to roof—a tuneless dirge. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z

"There are over 300 million people like me watching in their slippers at home suffering through 90 minutes of tuneless droning trumpet." Vuvuzela Downfall parody hits YouTube 2010-06-17T10:07:00Z

We stay awake at midnight to watch it and we get this 'tuneless and annoying' noise. World Cup officials deaf to vuvuzela complaints 2010-06-14T17:37:00Z

The constant drone of cheap and tuneless plastic horns is killing the atmosphere at the World Cup. No chants equals no atmosphere at World Cup 2010-06-13T16:30:00Z

Upon an unseen command the assembled youngsters deliver a tuneless, mumble of a song. Lessons of war 2010-06-05T11:01:00Z

When the wrestlers left the arena, hidden drums rumbled—throbbed out a tuneless miserere. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z

But the piano on which the singer accompanied herself appeared to be a worn-out, tuneless old box, and she made the least possible use of it. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History

And some of the rich whom he had laughed at, scrambled for a place at his coffin to bear it to the grave—tuneless clay, scuffling over tuneful dust! A Yankee from the West A Novel

Gay, sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please, How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16

The far-off grating sound of the corncrake can be heard; the cuckoo's tuneless note, incessant and unmusical, tires the early night. Faith and Unfaith

Some one was piping on a reed flageolet—an eerie, tuneless wailing. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z

Mr. McFie's contribution was limited to a vigorous but tuneless drone. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle

Fancy their stupefaction at recognizing in the glorious singer the tuneless Trilby of five years gone! Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel

He bathed and tried to keep up his spirits by singing in his tuneless way, but it didn't help. Brink of Madness

And when she spoke, upon the maiden's tongue, Distilling nectar, such rare accents hung, The sweetest note that e'er the Koïl poured Seemed harsh and tuneless as a jarring chord. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa

The eerie, tuneless wails were reminiscent of the previous night when Trent stood on the same spot and looked below. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z

From somewhere about the house came the nasal singing of a mountaineer to the plunking of a tuneless banjo. The Portal of Dreams

"And for the bass, the beast can only bellow; * * * * * * An Ignorant, noteless, timeless, tuneless fellow." Physiology of The Opera

"There is the other alternative," said Guido, with a tuneless little laugh. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome

Sometimes she would hum a sort of low tuneless chant—it sounded like a pagan ritual of some sort, all repetitions, rising and falling in a monotonous, haunting drone. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon

For one good hour we swept through chaos to the tuneless lamentations of Sheepshanks, who declared that his collar-bone was broken. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)

She sat where he had left her, and was crooning again the weird tuneless dirge at which Marto had been appalled. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine

As zephyrs on the tuneless night, To stir my soul to holy mirth? Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church

With muttered imprecation the peddlers pushed on their carts to make place for a noisy, tuneless hurdy-gurdy. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure

We loved her noble, musical tone, and yet we always enjoyed our father's tuneless roar. A Son of the Middle Border

"I!" he cried with a laugh of tuneless mirth. The Marriage of Elinor

It was not the usual tuneless whisper, but a loud cry wrung from the heart, full of the joys and griefs of the past. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story

And yet, who that knows it does not love his earnest, long-drawn trill, dry and tuneless as it is? Birds in the Bush

There was genuine feeling in her voice, usually loud, harsh, and tuneless. The Dop Doctor

A yell of pleasure followed this verse, and a tuneless chorus thundered the refrain, “Oh, such a knave’s a Roundhead,” with the most evident relish for the sentiments of the song. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel

No village spire but to the cots and farms, Right merrily, its scant and tuneless peal Rings round!—Ah! joy ungrateful!—mirth insane! Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace

At midnight Bones was sitting on the platform at King's Cross, alternately smoking a large pipe and singing tuneless songs. Bones in London

What chime supreme Shall turn our tuneless march to music when Sings the achieving God in conscious hearts of men! Path Flower and Other Verses

The blood in his throbbing temples sang a dull, tuneless song. The Dop Doctor

I too arose and in my tuneless treble made a joyful noise unto the Lord. Penguin Persons & Peppermints

At last she heard a little noise, which presently took the form of footsteps bounding upstairs, accompanied by a cheerful tuneless whistling. The Prodigal Father

The wind whistled around the cliffs, ceaselessly moaning a tuneless song. The Judas Valley

It was a tuneless drone, yet not unmusical. Explorers of the Dawn

Thou sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleas'd with thyself, whom all the world can please, How often have I led thy sportive choir With tuneless pipe, along the sliding Loire? From a Cornish Window A New Edition

It made no difference what the words might be or the theme—he sang every song and all songs to a fine, high, tuneless little tune of his own. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights

The harp of strain'd and tuneless chord, How to the minstrel's skill reply! Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)

I lifted to thine image my loud praises, And lo, bells hoarse and tuneless answered them. Life Immovable First Part

With thumbs tucked in his waistcoat and fingers drumming upon the resonant rotundity of his waist line he marched slowly up and down moaning the guttural words in a melancholy and tuneless voice. Men of Affairs

Byron's Grecian bard can no longer exclaim— 'My country! on thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now— The heroic bosom beats no more.' The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry

Lyman saw nothing of Warren the next day, but on the day following he strode into the room, whistling in tuneless good humor. Old Ebenezer

The huge carter was sprawling on the front sacks, yelling a tuneless chant at the top of his voice. Adam Johnstone's Son

Who is ready with a song for some weary, tuneless life? or who "keeps up her music" till the tired years of her own? Tired Church Members

They have chanted a depressing psalm or two to the most tuneless of ancient ditties. Molly Bawn

Shame on us, if we drudge once more As dull and tuneless as before. Ionica

Hereupon McCoy struck up a song, which, being deficient in taste, while its execution was defective as well as tuneless, did not seem to produce much effect on Quintal. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers

Meredith has written lines which any poet who ever wrote in English would be proud of; he has also written lines as tuneless as a deal table and as rasping as a file. Figures of Several Centuries

Sometimes, as he put the final polish on the boots, he would break into song,—a strange, tuneless song which quavered up and down, and ended on long-sustained notes. Big Game A Story for Girls

There was one in the lonely library who might have made sweeter music than all, whose spirit's chords were all jangled and tuneless, and whose ear seemed closed to the concord of melodious sounds. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author

While he reflected he broke into the tuneless, almost inaudible, whistling Edith used to know so well. The Letter of the Contract

Though the raucous notes of the tuneless lay could be heard plainly enough, they did not reach her ears. The Captain of the Kansas

Some of the young men, clattering along in groups, joined in singing the strange tuneless songs, memories of Saracen days, which Vanno had heard on his first mountain walk. The Guests Of Hercules

She came to the open space before the sea, whistling softly to herself an irrepressible, tuneless matin song of youth, and thus she walked unexpectingly into the full power of the relentless dawn. The Plunderer

Wake not upon my tuneless ear Soft music’s stealing strain; It cannot soothe, it cannot cheer This anguished heart again! The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1

On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more! Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys

The old women crooned their mystic tuneless dirges. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon

We turn in our beds half pitying, half angered by harsh voices that quaver senseless ditties in the fog, or by tuneless fiddles playing popular airs without propriety or interest. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series

Down the passage a loud, tuneless voice began to sing Who were You with Last Night? and Mansell rolled in. The Loom of Youth

Nay, we have sometimes received the idea from its choked and tuneless screams, that they were imperfect attempts at laughter. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438 Volume 17, New Series, May 22, 1852

When the fiend in the cathedral had jerked the last tuneless clang from the chimes, I removed my fingers from my ears and sat down at one of the iron tables in the court. In Search of the Unknown

We prose-folks are susceptible to chill; The night wind takes us by the tuneless throat. Love's Comedy

A rough line of piled stones severed it from surrounding lands, and a few trees stood there, promising summer shade, though, darkly moist along every budded twig, they now swayed in tuneless nakedness. The Lady of Fort St. John

Ye jarring, screeching things around, Scream your discordant joys; Now half your din of tuneless sound With Echo silent lies. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham

The tuneless harps that once with joy we strung When praise employed, or mirth inspired the lay, In mournful silence on the willows hung, And growing grief prolonged the tedious day. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes

When wanting thee, what tuneless cranks creakings Are my poor verses! Robert Burns How To Know Him

As the song faded to the last tinkling notes of the spinet her fingers took to touching low, tuneless melodies like thoughts creeping into thoughts, or perfume of flowers in the dark. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade

Abe's hat was tilted over his eyes and he whistled a tuneless air. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures

The lamps were lighted in the church and the people were filling the benches, while the choir gathered around the tuneless little cottage organ to practise the hymns. The Quickening

The sounds of a tuneless piano again assailed his ears, but this time it was not a rhapsody that was played, but a study by Clementi, and, as before, with unusual force, precision and rapidity. The Awakening The Resurrection

Round the corner of the house a voice was lifted in tuneless song. The Big-Town Round-Up

And there stole out of the past mocking memories of that last night in the hunting-room, filling the cave with tuneless melodies like thoughts creeping into thoughts or odour of flowers in dark. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade

Beaudry followed orders in a tuneless voice that hopped gayly up and down. The Sheriff's Son

On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now,— The heroic bosom beats no more! McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader

Throughout great lengths of shore-line the tuneless stridulation of frogs, the guttural cries of water-birds and the general movement in the sedge indicated a serene content among small life. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt

I have not yet sinned against it in verse, nor do I know that I shall do so, having been tuneless since I crossed the Alps, and feeling, as yet, no renewal of the 'estro.' Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals

The music and the song of the London street roamer is excessively harsh, crabbed, and tuneless. Lost Leaders

So vivid was his impression of the doggerel that for an instant he thought he heard the sing-song of his father's tuneless voice. The Sheriff's Son

The other then commenced a squall, so tuneless, wild, jarring, and unmusical, that the stranger could not avoid smiling at the monomaniac, for such he at once perceived him to be. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One

"Missy—baba, it's ayah!" went the tuneless song, "it's ayah—it's ayah—be not afraid, baba—baba—it's ayah—ayah—ayah." Leonie of the Jungle

He put his hands in his pockets, staring out and emitting a tuneless whistle. Married Life The True Romance

Nicky-Nan pursed up his lips as he worked, whistling to himself a cheerful, tuneless ditty. Nicky-Nan, Reservist

Half an hour later she was standing by the spinet, absently touching the tuneless keys, when a voice from the window startled her. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters

She shook her head grimly: then, hobbling out into the room, began to speak in a shrill, tuneless voice. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship

It was no easy matter, and his walk slackened, till, at the corner of the great thoroughfare, he stood still, looking at a poor woman who ground a tuneless hand-organ. Doctor Claudius, A True Story

Nick mounted his horse and rode back in the moonlight, singing a tuneless but very sentimental love lyric to the stars. The Keeper of the Door

She would have lost that sense of rush which the tuneless chorus of modern commercialism inspired. The Man in the Twilight

Over by the reedy creek, frogs cr-ek-ek-ekked in a tuneless medley and night-hawks flapped silently through the still air, swooping suddenly with a queer, whooing rush like wind blowing through a cavern. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories

Cai glanced at the back of William Skin, who had started to hum—or rather to croon—a tuneless song while knotting a rope to the second ladder. Hocken and Hunken

Colonel Stewart was more than willing to drop the subject, and at last Captain Ross, thinking the matter settled, momentarily turned away, in an endeavour to stop the monotony of Timpendean's tuneless, dreary song. Stories of the Border Marches

She kissed him warmly and let him go, smiling at the tuneless humming that accompanied his departure. The Keeper of the Door

It was not even distinctively northern or southern in character, impregnated with the mystery of the tuneless, wonderful East, or with the peculiar homeliness that stirs Western hearts. Flames

Perry broke into song and Han into a tuneless whistle that seemed to give him a deal of satisfaction. The Adventure Club Afloat

Do cease that tuneless song I hear— How can we work while thou art near? The Talking Beasts

In a storehouse there was a Fairbanks' scale, somewhat worn and rusty, and I found a tuneless melodeon from Boston and a coffee mill from New York. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life

Day dawns! a tinkling tuneless bell, Whate'er it be, has news to tell. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844

On thy fertile shore The heroic lyre is tuneless now; To scheme for dividends, dig for ore, These are the things we hold divine, Not HOMER's long-resounding line. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891

After we came in, she made a little music at the tuneless piano--there never was a piano in India yet that had any tune in it--playing and singing a little, very prettily. Mr. Isaacs

I return home in common time, but tuneless. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 14, 1891

He continued to meditate, emitting the same tuneless, abstracted sound, just above his breath. The Wild Olive

What foul sprite turned the sweet rhythm of Robert Burns into a tuneless ballad? The Abominations of Modern Society

On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8 National Spirit

I have not yet sinned against it in verse, nor do I know that I shall do so, having been tuneless since I crossed the Alps, and feeling, as yet, no renewal of the "estro." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 474, Supplementary Number

He had already waited some minutes, and he would probably have waited much longer, for his patience was inexhaustible, had it not been for that sudden irresponsible and wholly tuneless burst of song. The Way of an Eagle

It was the same tuneless chant that had taken possession of him by Harvington-on-Avon; but more instant now and more confident, breaking from him now upon the open sea, with moon and stars above him. True Tilda

In the evening there was a dance, at which the local musician scraped out tuneless tunes on an ancient fiddle; and there was of course hearty eating and, it is to be feared, heavy drinking. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration

What foul sprite turned the sweet rhythm of Robert Burns into a tuneless babble? The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little

The only contribution to this earliest form of the Mirror which is attributed to an eminent writer, is the "Edward IV" of Skelton, and this is one of the most tuneless of all. Gossip in a Library

No tree unfolds its Timid bud— Chill pours the hill-side's Lurid flood— The tuneless forest All is dumb— Whence then, fair violet, Didst thou come? Poems

Along the spring-fed creek the frogs croaked a tuneless medley before him, and, like the crickets, stopped abruptly and waited in absolute silence to take up their night chant again behind him. Good Indian

The languid Miss Devine had crossed to the piano, where she sat fingering softly the tuneless keys, her back to the cold barely-furnished room. Passing of the Third Floor Back

In the evening she went to the piano, choosing new music of the dexterous, tuneless, florid kind. The Woman in White

Just inside there was a fetid little bar; view of the rest of the room was cut off by a screen from behind which came the sound of a tuneless old piano. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise

He listened for Madame de Cintre's voice, and in the very heart of the tuneless harmony he imagined he made it out. The American

Exactly thus had he often listened to it swishing through the crannies of high rocks, tuneless yet searching. The Centaur

He rubbed, humming a tuneless rhythm to himself. The Fortune Hunter

Not one, but many echoes had caught up the harsh and tuneless sound, untwisted its complicated threads, and found a thousand aerial harmonies in one stern trumpet-tone. Sketches from Memory (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")

On the same page he speaks of 'the tuneless flow of our blank verse.' Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765

Alas, the inborn curse that haunts our home, Of Atè's bloodstained scourge the tuneless sound! The House of Atreus

Why is it that this tuneless shrieking of false notes and scoffing words delights these people? Amiel's Journal

And farther on two or three girls in their teens, with their arms about the necks of twice as many men, were reeling along the pavement and singing in a tuneless wail. The Christian A Story

If tuneless and bad, the public will not fail to condemn him. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush

Gay, sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please, How often have I led thy sportive choir With tuneless pipe beside the murmuring Loire! Oliver Goldsmith A Biography

Underneath the quaver and whine of the jazz they beat the time, they make the tuneless rhythm. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

It is a kind of long-drawn wail, very monotonous and tuneless to European ears. Peeps at Many Lands: Japan

Even in a single branch of the true vocalists we may see it—from the chirping bunting, and noisy but tuneless sparrow, to linnet and goldfinch and canary. The Naturalist in La Plata

At such times one is vexed to think that there are writers on birds who invariably speak of the sparrow as a tuneless creature, a harsh chirper, and nothing more. Birds in Town and Village

One afternoon, dark and rainy, in the gloom of early March, she was sitting at the old-fashioned and rather tuneless piano in the damp, unused "best room," which was devoid of fire for economic reasons. The House of Whispers

The tuneless thrumming of a piano sounded behind him. The Danger Trail

It was a dismal service, with its dreary sermon and its tuneless hymns. John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment

I tried to remember her song, and hummed it assiduously till I got some kind of version, which I shouted in my tuneless voice. Salute to Adventurers

On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now-- The heroic bosom beats no more. Elson Grammar School Literature v4

The buoyant notes of triumph dwindled to a tuneless squeak, to a noiseless breathing—Bill Wyvern, seated at a table, sprung to meet him. Once Aboard the Lugger

Somebody was singing—or rather chanting—a singularly tuneless refrain, wild and barbaric. The Valley of the Giants

He has no passion for the correct use of words, and often his song seems tuneless and sometimes vulgar. English Literature for Boys and Girls

Soon I, too, fell to singing in my tuneless voice, and I answered his "My lodging is on the cold ground" with some Scots ballad or a song of Davie Lindsay. Salute to Adventurers

The oars struck the water, the wild chorus swelled into a terrible and tuneless roar, and the ten ships bore down on the two. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell

In a cracked and tuneless voice he began humming a roundelay, evidently intended to express gaiety and contentment. The Winds of Chance

Now this soft, almost tuneless whistling was to Mr. Gibson what purring is to a cat. Wives and Daughters

In vain, with dull and tuneless ear, I linger by soft Music's cell, And in my heart of hearts would hear What to her own she deigns to tell. The Christian Year

No desire brings fire Down from heaven by prayer, Though man's vain desire Hang faith's wind-struck lyre Out in tuneless air. Songs Before Sunrise

Her voice was tuneless, and yet it had a strange, piteous poignancy. The Judgment House

A man, like a fair and beautiful Christ, with long hair and a curling beard, beat on the ground with a staff and howled some tuneless notes. The Garden of Allah

Then there was a sudden glory, and birds, beasts, and insects broke into a vociferous chorus, the tuneless hymn which ascends daily without a discord. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither

Danton began a busy tuneless whistle between his teeth. The Return

She cultivated musical memory, having observed the contempt with which men of sense visit the sorry pretenders to music, who are tuneless and songless among the nightingales, and anywhere else away from their books. Hard Cash

The brilliant tuneless passages bounding singly up the piano, flowing down entwined, were shaped by an iron rhythm. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1

Her still, tuneless voice made the words into a command. A Dark Night's Work

The grotesque conceits and the tuneless numbers of Donne were, in the time of James, the favourite models of composition at Whitehall and at the Temple. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2

Among these pieces which had to be properly learned was the 17th Prelude of Chopin, on hearing which at Baireuth on the tuneless and catarrhed piano Falbe had agreed to take Michael as a pupil. Michael

Jenny's drumming and the steady sawing of the bass throbbed on, tuneless and meaningless in their ears. Crome Yellow

She dragged me with her, calling to me in a harsh, tuneless voice like a cracked bell: "Defend me! defend me!" Christ in Flanders

Not one, but many echoes had caught up the harsh and tuneless sound, untwisted its complicated threads, and found a thousand aerial harmonies in one stern trumpet tone. The Great Stone Face

Again mounting, he rode swiftly away, singing a loud and tuneless song. Roads of Destiny

The harp of strained and tuneless chord, How to the minstrel’s skill reply! Essays in Little

One day as he lay there sighing and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind. The Cloister and the Hearth

On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now— The heroic bosom beats no more! Bulchevy's Book of English Verse

Ye jarring, screeching things around, Scream your discordant joys; Now, half your din of tuneless sound With Echo silent lies. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

The grave and harmonious tones of that beloved voice seemed to have still its ancient influence, whilst that of Aramis, which had become harsh and tuneless in his moments of ill-humor, irritated him. Twenty Years After

Never had a more tuneless voice been heard or one managed with less art. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola

And this woman says, 'My days were sunless and my nights were moonless, Parch'd the pleasant April herbage, and the lark's heart's outbreak tuneless, If you loved me not!' Bulchevy's Book of English Verse

单词	tuneless
例句	tuneless Ignatius chewed while the man began his tuneless whistling again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And Sir Grummore began cackling in a tuneless alto, like thousands of wild geese on the Wash. “Hush! Hush!” cried Sir Palomides. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He worried about Mama’s cheeriness, her tuneless humming, her determination to serve all of Master’s meals, her frequent hushed words to Amala. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They both looked over at Ess, who was now doing something with a stick around her shells and humming a tuneless song to herself. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A few moments passed before they heard a tuneless humming. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes Rita will hum, while kneading or peeling: a wordless humming, tuneless, unfathomable. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The bands were scattered around the fairgrounds, well back from the front entrance, and whatever they were trying for sounded like tuneless noise and echoing feedback by the time it reached us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The sound was discordant, warped, tuneless, but she banged away, trying to play “Chopsticks.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z When her father put the receiver down, Mary Anne, whispering a tuneless half-remembered melody, thumbed through the telephone directory, and with her pen, marked the number of the Ravenel Air Station’s Officers’ Club. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like the croaking of a frog, hoarse, tuneless. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Next door, I hear her opening her wardrobe, riffling through hangers, humming something tuneless. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Without the filtered light of the sun it was almost dark, and the sound of the rain hitting the pine branches high above their heads filled the grove with a weird, tuneless music. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Setting it firmly on her head, she deliberately pounded the piano keys, producing a hideous, tuneless sound. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z But the very next minute he’s mumbling in Hebrew, humming that tuneless tune, and forgetting he’s got a friend who’s suffering. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Terrible, tuneless songs, over acting/shouting by everyone, terrible script. Review: ‘A Christmas Story Live!’ Wasn’t Lively Enough 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z "When he was stoned, he was at best a tuneless knob, and at worst a paranoid mess." Why I won't be going to see the Stone Roses, by John Harris 2012-06-22T23:15:00Z He appeared on Wednesday’s finale, naturally, alongside another one of the show’s great oddities, the tuneless William Hung. ?American Idol? Crowns Its 9th Winner 2010-05-27T16:16:00Z It's Ok that you don't get it, but that doesn't mean it's "tuneless". ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Surely the robot-voiced, tuneless protagonist of “Fitter, Happier” would now be uploading his daily exercise data to the cloud. On ‘OK Computer,’ Radiohead Saw the Future: Ours 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z I surprise myself when I do: our tuneless voices rise and fall in the dark. Fierce ? review 2011-03-24T21:30:02Z The sound track was birdsong, and one particular fellow made a trill followed by a tuneless thrum as if he had a guitar in his throat. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Yes, precious sirs, this tuneless journey we are on—it is sublime! Play It Again (for the First Time) 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Elder sang in a flat-featured moan, and Mr. Valentine in a tuneless mumble; when they vocalized together, the effect was slovenly. Music Review: Joshua Light Show in Residence at Abrons Arts Center 2010-05-14T21:54:00Z But the music in Spider-Man is deadening in its mediocrity, tuneless and forgettable, with rhymes that rarely employ words of more than one syllable. Not kerCHING, just thud 2011-02-14T21:35:14Z Who wouldn’t want to live there – especially now, in place of this grey, tuneless reality? Forget Cats: in a close-run field, Marriage Story was the musical highlight of my holiday 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z The result is desultory, often tuneless, and the kind of disc that would be forgotten in a long career. Review: Kate Nash's 3rd album is desultory 2013-03-04T16:40:10Z It’s a tuneless ditty that breaks down the oddball activities Bamford engages in to keep dark thoughts at bay. Commentary: The best comedy lesson Robin Williams taught me was learning to laugh at myself 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z The fact that this hard-edged and nearly tuneless theme song went to No. 1. All 85 Prince singles, ranked 4 u from worst 2 best 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z I’m finding Republicans’ “concern” about the Equality Act very tiresome, a tuneless diatribe they’ve been chanting for decades. Opinion \| Equality does not infringe on anyone’s rights 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z You might remember Spears from her songs, belted out in tuneless unison by a gaggle of sixth-grade girls at a sleepover, perhaps, or viewed over and over on MTV. Opinion \| Did Britney Spears grow up? Or did we? 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The anarchic energy and tuneless protest of Grass’s character found admirers across the globe, especially among other artists. 'It's about German guilt': Why The Tin Drum still divides audiences 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z “It’s a Kenyan pop song,” she declares, heralding the tuneless yowls of an all-white junior choir. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” Is at Cate Blanchett’s Command 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z And so the swallow is divorced Twice from her voice, her tuneless chatter, And no one asks her what’s the matter. “Swallows” 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z My father never hid that he had high expectations of me, for which my tuneless, lackluster attempts with guitar proved pitifully inadequate. Masculine Dads Raise Confident Daughters 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z And instead of songs with melodies, the station now plays recordings of tuneless chanting football fans. A sarcastic response to Syria's militants - BBC News 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z BST14:44 This is a serious national anthem rendition here, complete with tuneless kid right next to the mic; excellent stuff. Belarus v Spain: Euro 2016 qualifier – as it happened 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Using Auto-tune to pull off a tuneless vocal performance on a live telecast? Grammy Smackdown: Kanye’s Right About Beck’s Snoozer of an Album 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Yet its critic Troy Rawhiti-Forbes expressed reservations about comedian Russell Brand's "tuneless" contribution and George Michael's performance of his new single White Light. Critics applaud 'cheesy' ceremony 2012-08-13T09:18:40Z After their funding was cut they sold T-shirts to raise money and recorded a funny and fabulously tuneless version of I Need A Dollar to raise money. London 2012: Handball Team GB heroines go down fighting to Montenegro 2012-07-28T22:40:00Z Either way, Hodgson's wallflowers will greet Europe on Monday night not with a song in their heart, but with an urgent sense of tuneless realism. Euro 2012: England need a song – a suffocating drum 'n' bass opus 2012-06-08T21:00:02Z This is a serious national anthem rendition here, complete with tuneless kid right next to the mic; excellent stuff. Belarus v Spain: Euro 2016 qualifier – as it happened 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Finally, after weeks of nothing but tuneless wooshing, I whistled my first note. Spine Tuning: Finding Physical Evidence of How Practice Rewires the Brain 2012-04-16T22:45:03.407Z Long on the leafless willow, My tuneless harp has hung, The themes are all forgotten, On which its numbers rung. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z He passed into the garden and loitered there, recalling the notes after a tuneless fashion of his own. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z Presently a shrill whistle sounded; it was followed almost instantaneously by a prolonged crackle, which had hardly died away when from above them came a zip, zip, zip, like the notes of some tuneless bird. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z Whitman has, amid the fleshly and physical poems, much that is deeply spiritual; amid the tuneless and formless, much noble thought fitly voiced. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z He commences, with a few broken sentences, pronounced in a harsh tuneless voice, with a strong Scottish accent. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Its inflexible harshness and cacophany seemed like the voice of fate speaking out its tuneless perseverance in the night. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z As we left the Chincha Islands some frolicsome young Peruvians, disregarding the discord of the flute and violin, and unmindful of the timeless tuneless twanging of the two harps, got up a dance. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z His eyes were very bright as they fixed on me, and his voice, harsh, high pitched and tuneless. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z There was not a ring of mirth in it--a tuneless, mocking laugh such as might come from the throat of a devil. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z The bungalow was unique in type, if bungalows are ever alike, and the pine trees that sheltered and brushed its roof with a sibilant swish, hummed now a pretty tuneless whisper. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z The vocal chords behind the green silk bosom,—you only discovered it was not a bronze silk bosom by poking a fold aside,—had become as thin and tuneless as a dried old woman's. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z In vain, alas! in vain of such to sing, With trembling hand a tuneless harp I string. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z So in thy beauty I rejoice, Nor flout thy tuneless cries; Peacocks with Philomela's voice, Sing but in Paradise. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z He was singing in a high-pitched tuneless voice, and his song seemed to enrage the "brain-fever" bird in the mango tree, where he had hidden silent since the dawn. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z For long she hummed a tuneless song into the sunshine and retreated far away into some maternal dream. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z Inhabitants of far Japan Are happy as the day is long To sit behind a paper fan And sing a kind of tuneless song, Desisting, ev'ry little while, To have a public bath, or smile. Verse and Worse 2011-07-12T02:00:34.607Z The wide eyes that were caverns of gloom; the tuneless accents that never shook or varied, cowed her into quiet and obedience. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z I always sing at my work, and what's more, my song is not tuneless. Canadian Fairy Tales 2011-05-30T02:00:14.087Z And pleasant recollections come to us of Oliver Goldsmith, who, as he tells us, oft led ‘The sportive choir With tuneless pipe beside the murmuring Loire.’ Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Then may I hear no toll Of heavy bells to burden all the air With tuneless grief: for happy will I be!— The Dawn Patrol, and other poems of an aviator 2011-05-02T02:00:20.747Z Poetry: having found the word, Alix felt it pervade and explain the whole service—the tuneless chants, the dim glooms and twinkling lights, the austerity. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Now have I sung my tuneless song, But I hearken, Lord, for Thine; Then shall a music, sweet and strong, Pass into mine. Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg 2011-04-11T02:00:10.567Z Never have I listened to music, even the best, with more pleasure than I had in hearing that thick and drunken voice yelling a tuneless song! The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z I’m sure I’m not aware of having—” She began to hum softly, to herself, as it were, some tuneless air. Her Infinite Variety 2011-04-01T02:00:30.590Z From a distance came the sound of a coarse voice singing in maudlin tones a tuneless song. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Ah that my lips were tuneless lips, but pressed To the bruised blossom of thy scourged white breast! Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z But, he goes on to say, “in that case they would be tuneless as their original, whereas they are the notes of a singer who cannot but sing.” The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Donne’s frequent use of roughly-accentual, almost tuneless lines is unexplained and was not often followed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z At intervals I heard the pagan fantasy—jumbled measures of the most fascinating, tuneless music that was ever set afloat. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z In addition, they had a brass band that played tuneless, wailing music nearly every night, to the accompaniment of the howling and barking of dogs. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z "Oh, cork up that tuneless whistle," growled Minerva Powelton; "you make too much noise." The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z The tuneless tune of those rondes remained with Alex long after the words had lost the savour of irony with which novelty had once invested them. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z Another answered it; another took it up; and the melancholy baying wavered from roof to roof—a tuneless dirge. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z "There are over 300 million people like me watching in their slippers at home suffering through 90 minutes of tuneless droning trumpet." Vuvuzela Downfall parody hits YouTube 2010-06-17T10:07:00Z We stay awake at midnight to watch it and we get this 'tuneless and annoying' noise. World Cup officials deaf to vuvuzela complaints 2010-06-14T17:37:00Z The constant drone of cheap and tuneless plastic horns is killing the atmosphere at the World Cup. No chants equals no atmosphere at World Cup 2010-06-13T16:30:00Z Upon an unseen command the assembled youngsters deliver a tuneless, mumble of a song. Lessons of war 2010-06-05T11:01:00Z When the wrestlers left the arena, hidden drums rumbled—throbbed out a tuneless miserere. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z But the piano on which the singer accompanied herself appeared to be a worn-out, tuneless old box, and she made the least possible use of it. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History And some of the rich whom he had laughed at, scrambled for a place at his coffin to bear it to the grave—tuneless clay, scuffling over tuneful dust! A Yankee from the West A Novel Gay, sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please, How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The far-off grating sound of the corncrake can be heard; the cuckoo's tuneless note, incessant and unmusical, tires the early night. Faith and Unfaith Some one was piping on a reed flageolet—an eerie, tuneless wailing. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Mr. McFie's contribution was limited to a vigorous but tuneless drone. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Fancy their stupefaction at recognizing in the glorious singer the tuneless Trilby of five years gone! Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel He bathed and tried to keep up his spirits by singing in his tuneless way, but it didn't help. Brink of Madness And when she spoke, upon the maiden's tongue, Distilling nectar, such rare accents hung, The sweetest note that e'er the Koïl poured Seemed harsh and tuneless as a jarring chord. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa The eerie, tuneless wails were reminiscent of the previous night when Trent stood on the same spot and looked below. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z From somewhere about the house came the nasal singing of a mountaineer to the plunking of a tuneless banjo. The Portal of Dreams "And for the bass, the beast can only bellow; * * * * * * An Ignorant, noteless, timeless, tuneless fellow." Physiology of The Opera "There is the other alternative," said Guido, with a tuneless little laugh. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome Sometimes she would hum a sort of low tuneless chant—it sounded like a pagan ritual of some sort, all repetitions, rising and falling in a monotonous, haunting drone. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon For one good hour we swept through chaos to the tuneless lamentations of Sheepshanks, who declared that his collar-bone was broken. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) She sat where he had left her, and was crooning again the weird tuneless dirge at which Marto had been appalled. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine As zephyrs on the tuneless night, To stir my soul to holy mirth? Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church With muttered imprecation the peddlers pushed on their carts to make place for a noisy, tuneless hurdy-gurdy. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure We loved her noble, musical tone, and yet we always enjoyed our father's tuneless roar. A Son of the Middle Border "I!" he cried with a laugh of tuneless mirth. The Marriage of Elinor It was not the usual tuneless whisper, but a loud cry wrung from the heart, full of the joys and griefs of the past. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story And yet, who that knows it does not love his earnest, long-drawn trill, dry and tuneless as it is? Birds in the Bush There was genuine feeling in her voice, usually loud, harsh, and tuneless. The Dop Doctor A yell of pleasure followed this verse, and a tuneless chorus thundered the refrain, “Oh, such a knave’s a Roundhead,” with the most evident relish for the sentiments of the song. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel No village spire but to the cots and farms, Right merrily, its scant and tuneless peal Rings round!—Ah! joy ungrateful!—mirth insane! Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace At midnight Bones was sitting on the platform at King's Cross, alternately smoking a large pipe and singing tuneless songs. Bones in London What chime supreme Shall turn our tuneless march to music when Sings the achieving God in conscious hearts of men! Path Flower and Other Verses The blood in his throbbing temples sang a dull, tuneless song. The Dop Doctor I too arose and in my tuneless treble made a joyful noise unto the Lord. Penguin Persons & Peppermints At last she heard a little noise, which presently took the form of footsteps bounding upstairs, accompanied by a cheerful tuneless whistling. The Prodigal Father The wind whistled around the cliffs, ceaselessly moaning a tuneless song. The Judas Valley It was a tuneless drone, yet not unmusical. Explorers of the Dawn Thou sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleas'd with thyself, whom all the world can please, How often have I led thy sportive choir With tuneless pipe, along the sliding Loire? From a Cornish Window A New Edition It made no difference what the words might be or the theme—he sang every song and all songs to a fine, high, tuneless little tune of his own. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights The harp of strain'd and tuneless chord, How to the minstrel's skill reply! Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) I lifted to thine image my loud praises, And lo, bells hoarse and tuneless answered them. Life Immovable First Part With thumbs tucked in his waistcoat and fingers drumming upon the resonant rotundity of his waist line he marched slowly up and down moaning the guttural words in a melancholy and tuneless voice. Men of Affairs Byron's Grecian bard can no longer exclaim— 'My country! on thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now— The heroic bosom beats no more.' The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry Lyman saw nothing of Warren the next day, but on the day following he strode into the room, whistling in tuneless good humor. Old Ebenezer The huge carter was sprawling on the front sacks, yelling a tuneless chant at the top of his voice. Adam Johnstone's Son Who is ready with a song for some weary, tuneless life? or who "keeps up her music" till the tired years of her own? Tired Church Members They have chanted a depressing psalm or two to the most tuneless of ancient ditties. Molly Bawn Shame on us, if we drudge once more As dull and tuneless as before. Ionica Hereupon McCoy struck up a song, which, being deficient in taste, while its execution was defective as well as tuneless, did not seem to produce much effect on Quintal. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers Meredith has written lines which any poet who ever wrote in English would be proud of; he has also written lines as tuneless as a deal table and as rasping as a file. Figures of Several Centuries Sometimes, as he put the final polish on the boots, he would break into song,—a strange, tuneless song which quavered up and down, and ended on long-sustained notes. Big Game A Story for Girls There was one in the lonely library who might have made sweeter music than all, whose spirit's chords were all jangled and tuneless, and whose ear seemed closed to the concord of melodious sounds. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author While he reflected he broke into the tuneless, almost inaudible, whistling Edith used to know so well. The Letter of the Contract Though the raucous notes of the tuneless lay could be heard plainly enough, they did not reach her ears. The Captain of the Kansas Some of the young men, clattering along in groups, joined in singing the strange tuneless songs, memories of Saracen days, which Vanno had heard on his first mountain walk. The Guests Of Hercules She came to the open space before the sea, whistling softly to herself an irrepressible, tuneless matin song of youth, and thus she walked unexpectingly into the full power of the relentless dawn. The Plunderer Wake not upon my tuneless ear Soft music’s stealing strain; It cannot soothe, it cannot cheer This anguished heart again! The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more! Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys The old women crooned their mystic tuneless dirges. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon We turn in our beds half pitying, half angered by harsh voices that quaver senseless ditties in the fog, or by tuneless fiddles playing popular airs without propriety or interest. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Down the passage a loud, tuneless voice began to sing Who were You with Last Night? and Mansell rolled in. The Loom of Youth Nay, we have sometimes received the idea from its choked and tuneless screams, that they were imperfect attempts at laughter. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438 Volume 17, New Series, May 22, 1852 When the fiend in the cathedral had jerked the last tuneless clang from the chimes, I removed my fingers from my ears and sat down at one of the iron tables in the court. In Search of the Unknown We prose-folks are susceptible to chill; The night wind takes us by the tuneless throat. Love's Comedy A rough line of piled stones severed it from surrounding lands, and a few trees stood there, promising summer shade, though, darkly moist along every budded twig, they now swayed in tuneless nakedness. The Lady of Fort St. John Ye jarring, screeching things around, Scream your discordant joys; Now half your din of tuneless sound With Echo silent lies. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The tuneless harps that once with joy we strung When praise employed, or mirth inspired the lay, In mournful silence on the willows hung, And growing grief prolonged the tedious day. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes When wanting thee, what tuneless cranks creakings Are my poor verses! Robert Burns How To Know Him As the song faded to the last tinkling notes of the spinet her fingers took to touching low, tuneless melodies like thoughts creeping into thoughts, or perfume of flowers in the dark. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Abe's hat was tilted over his eyes and he whistled a tuneless air. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures The lamps were lighted in the church and the people were filling the benches, while the choir gathered around the tuneless little cottage organ to practise the hymns. The Quickening The sounds of a tuneless piano again assailed his ears, but this time it was not a rhapsody that was played, but a study by Clementi, and, as before, with unusual force, precision and rapidity. The Awakening The Resurrection Round the corner of the house a voice was lifted in tuneless song. The Big-Town Round-Up And there stole out of the past mocking memories of that last night in the hunting-room, filling the cave with tuneless melodies like thoughts creeping into thoughts or odour of flowers in dark. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Beaudry followed orders in a tuneless voice that hopped gayly up and down. The Sheriff's Son On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now,— The heroic bosom beats no more! McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Throughout great lengths of shore-line the tuneless stridulation of frogs, the guttural cries of water-birds and the general movement in the sedge indicated a serene content among small life. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt I have not yet sinned against it in verse, nor do I know that I shall do so, having been tuneless since I crossed the Alps, and feeling, as yet, no renewal of the 'estro.' Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals The music and the song of the London street roamer is excessively harsh, crabbed, and tuneless. Lost Leaders So vivid was his impression of the doggerel that for an instant he thought he heard the sing-song of his father's tuneless voice. The Sheriff's Son The other then commenced a squall, so tuneless, wild, jarring, and unmusical, that the stranger could not avoid smiling at the monomaniac, for such he at once perceived him to be. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One "Missy—baba, it's ayah!" went the tuneless song, "it's ayah—it's ayah—be not afraid, baba—baba—it's ayah—ayah—ayah." Leonie of the Jungle He put his hands in his pockets, staring out and emitting a tuneless whistle. Married Life The True Romance Nicky-Nan pursed up his lips as he worked, whistling to himself a cheerful, tuneless ditty. Nicky-Nan, Reservist Half an hour later she was standing by the spinet, absently touching the tuneless keys, when a voice from the window startled her. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters She shook her head grimly: then, hobbling out into the room, began to speak in a shrill, tuneless voice. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship It was no easy matter, and his walk slackened, till, at the corner of the great thoroughfare, he stood still, looking at a poor woman who ground a tuneless hand-organ. Doctor Claudius, A True Story Nick mounted his horse and rode back in the moonlight, singing a tuneless but very sentimental love lyric to the stars. The Keeper of the Door She would have lost that sense of rush which the tuneless chorus of modern commercialism inspired. The Man in the Twilight Over by the reedy creek, frogs cr-ek-ek-ekked in a tuneless medley and night-hawks flapped silently through the still air, swooping suddenly with a queer, whooing rush like wind blowing through a cavern. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Cai glanced at the back of William Skin, who had started to hum—or rather to croon—a tuneless song while knotting a rope to the second ladder. Hocken and Hunken Colonel Stewart was more than willing to drop the subject, and at last Captain Ross, thinking the matter settled, momentarily turned away, in an endeavour to stop the monotony of Timpendean's tuneless, dreary song. Stories of the Border Marches She kissed him warmly and let him go, smiling at the tuneless humming that accompanied his departure. The Keeper of the Door It was not even distinctively northern or southern in character, impregnated with the mystery of the tuneless, wonderful East, or with the peculiar homeliness that stirs Western hearts. Flames Perry broke into song and Han into a tuneless whistle that seemed to give him a deal of satisfaction. The Adventure Club Afloat Do cease that tuneless song I hear— How can we work while thou art near? The Talking Beasts In a storehouse there was a Fairbanks' scale, somewhat worn and rusty, and I found a tuneless melodeon from Boston and a coffee mill from New York. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Day dawns! a tinkling tuneless bell, Whate'er it be, has news to tell. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 On thy fertile shore The heroic lyre is tuneless now; To scheme for dividends, dig for ore, These are the things we hold divine, Not HOMER's long-resounding line. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891 After we came in, she made a little music at the tuneless piano--there never was a piano in India yet that had any tune in it--playing and singing a little, very prettily. Mr. Isaacs I return home in common time, but tuneless. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 14, 1891 He continued to meditate, emitting the same tuneless, abstracted sound, just above his breath. The Wild Olive What foul sprite turned the sweet rhythm of Robert Burns into a tuneless ballad? The Abominations of Modern Society On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8 National Spirit I have not yet sinned against it in verse, nor do I know that I shall do so, having been tuneless since I crossed the Alps, and feeling, as yet, no renewal of the "estro." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 474, Supplementary Number He had already waited some minutes, and he would probably have waited much longer, for his patience was inexhaustible, had it not been for that sudden irresponsible and wholly tuneless burst of song. The Way of an Eagle It was the same tuneless chant that had taken possession of him by Harvington-on-Avon; but more instant now and more confident, breaking from him now upon the open sea, with moon and stars above him. True Tilda In the evening there was a dance, at which the local musician scraped out tuneless tunes on an ancient fiddle; and there was of course hearty eating and, it is to be feared, heavy drinking. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration What foul sprite turned the sweet rhythm of Robert Burns into a tuneless babble? The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little The only contribution to this earliest form of the Mirror which is attributed to an eminent writer, is the "Edward IV" of Skelton, and this is one of the most tuneless of all. Gossip in a Library No tree unfolds its Timid bud— Chill pours the hill-side's Lurid flood— The tuneless forest All is dumb— Whence then, fair violet, Didst thou come? Poems Along the spring-fed creek the frogs croaked a tuneless medley before him, and, like the crickets, stopped abruptly and waited in absolute silence to take up their night chant again behind him. Good Indian The languid Miss Devine had crossed to the piano, where she sat fingering softly the tuneless keys, her back to the cold barely-furnished room. Passing of the Third Floor Back In the evening she went to the piano, choosing new music of the dexterous, tuneless, florid kind. The Woman in White Just inside there was a fetid little bar; view of the rest of the room was cut off by a screen from behind which came the sound of a tuneless old piano. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise He listened for Madame de Cintre's voice, and in the very heart of the tuneless harmony he imagined he made it out. The American Exactly thus had he often listened to it swishing through the crannies of high rocks, tuneless yet searching. The Centaur He rubbed, humming a tuneless rhythm to himself. The Fortune Hunter Not one, but many echoes had caught up the harsh and tuneless sound, untwisted its complicated threads, and found a thousand aerial harmonies in one stern trumpet-tone. Sketches from Memory (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") On the same page he speaks of 'the tuneless flow of our blank verse.' Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 Alas, the inborn curse that haunts our home, Of Atè's bloodstained scourge the tuneless sound! The House of Atreus Why is it that this tuneless shrieking of false notes and scoffing words delights these people? Amiel's Journal And farther on two or three girls in their teens, with their arms about the necks of twice as many men, were reeling along the pavement and singing in a tuneless wail. The Christian A Story If tuneless and bad, the public will not fail to condemn him. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Gay, sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please, How often have I led thy sportive choir With tuneless pipe beside the murmuring Loire! Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Underneath the quaver and whine of the jazz they beat the time, they make the tuneless rhythm. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago It is a kind of long-drawn wail, very monotonous and tuneless to European ears. Peeps at Many Lands: Japan Even in a single branch of the true vocalists we may see it—from the chirping bunting, and noisy but tuneless sparrow, to linnet and goldfinch and canary. The Naturalist in La Plata At such times one is vexed to think that there are writers on birds who invariably speak of the sparrow as a tuneless creature, a harsh chirper, and nothing more. Birds in Town and Village One afternoon, dark and rainy, in the gloom of early March, she was sitting at the old-fashioned and rather tuneless piano in the damp, unused "best room," which was devoid of fire for economic reasons. The House of Whispers The tuneless thrumming of a piano sounded behind him. The Danger Trail It was a dismal service, with its dreary sermon and its tuneless hymns. John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment I tried to remember her song, and hummed it assiduously till I got some kind of version, which I shouted in my tuneless voice. Salute to Adventurers On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now-- The heroic bosom beats no more. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 The buoyant notes of triumph dwindled to a tuneless squeak, to a noiseless breathing—Bill Wyvern, seated at a table, sprung to meet him. Once Aboard the Lugger Somebody was singing—or rather chanting—a singularly tuneless refrain, wild and barbaric. The Valley of the Giants He has no passion for the correct use of words, and often his song seems tuneless and sometimes vulgar. English Literature for Boys and Girls Soon I, too, fell to singing in my tuneless voice, and I answered his "My lodging is on the cold ground" with some Scots ballad or a song of Davie Lindsay. Salute to Adventurers The oars struck the water, the wild chorus swelled into a terrible and tuneless roar, and the ten ships bore down on the two. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell In a cracked and tuneless voice he began humming a roundelay, evidently intended to express gaiety and contentment. The Winds of Chance Now this soft, almost tuneless whistling was to Mr. Gibson what purring is to a cat. Wives and Daughters In vain, with dull and tuneless ear, I linger by soft Music's cell, And in my heart of hearts would hear What to her own she deigns to tell. The Christian Year No desire brings fire Down from heaven by prayer, Though man's vain desire Hang faith's wind-struck lyre Out in tuneless air. Songs Before Sunrise Her voice was tuneless, and yet it had a strange, piteous poignancy. The Judgment House A man, like a fair and beautiful Christ, with long hair and a curling beard, beat on the ground with a staff and howled some tuneless notes. The Garden of Allah Then there was a sudden glory, and birds, beasts, and insects broke into a vociferous chorus, the tuneless hymn which ascends daily without a discord. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Danton began a busy tuneless whistle between his teeth. The Return She cultivated musical memory, having observed the contempt with which men of sense visit the sorry pretenders to music, who are tuneless and songless among the nightingales, and anywhere else away from their books. Hard Cash The brilliant tuneless passages bounding singly up the piano, flowing down entwined, were shaped by an iron rhythm. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 Her still, tuneless voice made the words into a command. A Dark Night's Work The grotesque conceits and the tuneless numbers of Donne were, in the time of James, the favourite models of composition at Whitehall and at the Temple. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Among these pieces which had to be properly learned was the 17th Prelude of Chopin, on hearing which at Baireuth on the tuneless and catarrhed piano Falbe had agreed to take Michael as a pupil. Michael Jenny's drumming and the steady sawing of the bass throbbed on, tuneless and meaningless in their ears. Crome Yellow She dragged me with her, calling to me in a harsh, tuneless voice like a cracked bell: "Defend me! defend me!" Christ in Flanders Not one, but many echoes had caught up the harsh and tuneless sound, untwisted its complicated threads, and found a thousand aerial harmonies in one stern trumpet tone. The Great Stone Face Again mounting, he rode swiftly away, singing a loud and tuneless song. Roads of Destiny The harp of strained and tuneless chord, How to the minstrel’s skill reply! Essays in Little One day as he lay there sighing and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind. The Cloister and the Hearth On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now— The heroic bosom beats no more! Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Ye jarring, screeching things around, Scream your discordant joys; Now, half your din of tuneless sound With Echo silent lies. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns The grave and harmonious tones of that beloved voice seemed to have still its ancient influence, whilst that of Aramis, which had become harsh and tuneless in his moments of ill-humor, irritated him. Twenty Years After Never had a more tuneless voice been heard or one managed with less art. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola And this woman says, 'My days were sunless and my nights were moonless, Parch'd the pleasant April herbage, and the lark's heart's outbreak tuneless, If you loved me not!' Bulchevy's Book of English Verse
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