(1) I think that the Star-Spangled Banner is untuneful , nearly unsingable, and usually played too slowly, so it loses what little character it had to begin with.(2) A lullaby: your voice, no matter how untuneful , is very soothing to your baby.(3) This is necessary because occasionally tuneful singers will ridicule untuneful ones and tease them about their untunefulness, particularly if the untuneful one is sitting nearby.(4) Nowhere are there particular untuneful or heavy sounds, though now and then the music comes with vehemence.(5) In ‘The Hippopotamus’, for instance, this most untuneful animal is associated with ‘sound-slumbering music’, an altogether unexpected conjunction.(6) Interrupting his untuneful singing, he gave a wobbly wave and called, ‘Good night’ to some fashionably dressed dummies in a store window.(7) Furthermore, since it is unable to control the striking of the elements, untuneful noisy sounds, therefore, may occur.(8) In addition to a draggy book, there are tunes that can only turn rather untuneful to avoid seeming reminiscent, and lyrics that are ruggedly mediocre.(9) When I was growing up, I associated religious music with school hymns, the most untuneful , dreary things, but many Bach cantatas are incredibly jolly and full of playful flourishes.(10) It was the sound of a big man clearing his throat; and just then a hoarse, untuneful voice broke into singing.(11) His ‘J'ai le coeur plein’ in The Count of Luxemburg is badly written and untuneful to the ear.(12) He has converted an untuneful rabble into a disciplined, harmonious, intelligible Orchestra and fortunate will be the band that next obtains his services.(13) He took a last look at the shaded green garden and left, whistling in an off key an untuneful air from a roofless farce comedy.(14) What we got was fine, though the meal was disrupted by a man at a large table, who was sang loudly, untunefully and persistently over several hours.(15) After a dozen golden oldies had been sung loudly if untunefully , it was noticed that a number of non-MEOSA guests had fled the premises.(16) After proper voice classification (click here to access a description of this procedure), many inexperienced singers who might have been singing untunefully in the first session of choir or music class will automatically begin to match pitch in a day or two.
