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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlyrical
Adjective
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Lavery is one of my favorite writers and one of the funniest prose stylists of his generation—I’m very excited for this one.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026 -
As fiction films do something analogous to what is done in prose forms like the novel and the short story, so nonfiction films can have a broad choice of nonfiction literary models.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But that speech and more recent efforts, including the mortgage rate push, were quickly drowned by the deluge of more jarring news.—
Steven Sloan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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But more jarring than any of this is the lack of humanity that Schjerfbeck perceives in herself.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That album steered far clear of folkloric kitsch, preferring dissonant frequencies and minimalist arrangements.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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The cast fragmented, with the Byers family and El trying to start over in California while Hopper languished in a tonally dissonant Soviet gulag, as though the Duffers didn’t realize that what people loved most about Stranger Things was its grounding in Hawkins.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Two-thirds of the population are living in tents, struggling to survive an extremely harsh winter.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The cold temperatures will create some harsh driving conditions, especially when combined with snow.—
Terell Bailey,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Setting Discordant Personal Goals A 2023 study published in Current Psychology finds that partners’ inharmonious goals can have detrimental effects on relationships.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
29 Mar. 2024
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For sixteen hours a week, Valentine hopes to share some melody in a place that, for some, can feel inharmonious.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
24 July 2021
Adjective
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Those songs remind Omara of real people and real events, political interludes whose senselessness and brutality have left unmusical lacunae in her life.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2023
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His parents were unmusical Russian-Jewish immigrants who ran various businesses with mixed success.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
3 Oct. 2019
Adjective
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Anything that was grating, cloying, or that took any amount of patience to appreciate was not for me (this year, at least).—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2025
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As an experienced home chef myself, these 10 picks under $35 have saved me hours chopping vegetables, struggling with pesky jars, and grating cheese.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
3 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Although no plans were ever revealed, GEO used to own a 40-acre site in Hobart on West 49th Avenue where there was strident opposition from residents and city officials.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Greene was among a small but strident group of Republicans in Congress who refused to move on.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Unlyrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlyrical. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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