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as in darkened
being without light or without much light
we stood staring into the pitchy dark forest, trying to determine what had made the strange cry
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Unlike, say, Fergie's take on the song, which went viral after being intentionally/unintentionally different, Andress was pitchy, slurred her words, and appeared genuinely out of it.
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Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 July 2024
Mindy fears performing after her viral, pitchy moment, but theater fans know that Park would never shy away from the stage.
—Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2020
The cast’s singing can be pitchy against the recorded backing tracks of Justin J. Scarlat’s bouncy original songs.
—Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 16 May 2021
The only real performance misstep is Wain’s singing voice, which gets a little pitchy and hard to follow.
—Vulture, 27 May 2022
The singing is occasionally pitchy, the staging feels a bit haphazard, and the presentation is downright low-budget by modern-day standards.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 July 2022
Kelly was worried because there were a lot of pitchy moments.
—Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2021
The pitchy treatment can really backfire on the wrong structure.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ, 10 June 2021
Mindy fears performing after her viral, pitchy moment, but theatre fans know that Park would never shy away from the stage.
—Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2020
Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 July 2024
Mindy fears performing after her viral, pitchy moment, but theater fans know that Park would never shy away from the stage.
—Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2020
The cast’s singing can be pitchy against the recorded backing tracks of Justin J. Scarlat’s bouncy original songs.
—Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 16 May 2021
The only real performance misstep is Wain’s singing voice, which gets a little pitchy and hard to follow.
—Vulture, 27 May 2022
The singing is occasionally pitchy, the staging feels a bit haphazard, and the presentation is downright low-budget by modern-day standards.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 July 2022
Kelly was worried because there were a lot of pitchy moments.
—Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2021
The pitchy treatment can really backfire on the wrong structure.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ, 10 June 2021
Mindy fears performing after her viral, pitchy moment, but theatre fans know that Park would never shy away from the stage.
—Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2020
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“Pitchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitchy. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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