Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: chords
IPA transcription: [k'ɔɹdz]
Usage examples
  • There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion.
  • She was smiling encouragingly now, and as she came toward him, she struck the chords full and strong.
  • Then there came, echoed by the walls, the sound of shouting from far away, mingled with hoots and chords; it grew louder.
  • At the magic touch of the beautiful the secret chords of our being are awakened, we vibrate and thrill in response to its call.
  • I went below to the lounge, from which some chords were wafting. Captain Nemo was there, leaning over the organ, deep in a musical trance.
  • "And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song" [She crashed into the notes of the accompaniment she had been playing for Freckles].
  • Vast chords and singing themes that rang like clusters of little swinging stars and harmonies that were like the very voice of infinite law resolving within itself all discords.
  • But that night Amory was struck by Burne's intense earnestness, a quality he was accustomed to associate only with the dread stupidity, and by the great enthusiasm that struck dead chords in his heart.