Sentence examples for hitting the wrong note from inspiring English sources
"I abstained for fear of hitting the wrong note," he recalled.His life's work was a definitive study of the Dead Sea Scrolls: parchments, written in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic languages, sensationally discovered in caves in Palestine in 1947.
Cook sometimes gives the impression of leading like the choirboy he once was, perhaps frightened of hitting the wrong note; Clarke, reared in the harsh light and heat of Sydney's western suburbs – an unforgiving environment in every way – knows it is not a sin to gamble.
On the consumer side, you could ask whether, in this instance, rapid uptake of iOS 6 is a good thing, since Apple's iOS 6 Maps seems to be hitting the wrong note with users.
There is quite a bit of vibrancy and good journalism, and you'd sometimes be amazed what people can write or say, but coming too close to the red lines or hitting the wrong note at times of crisis is very dangerous".
We've seen perfection too many times; the public has discovered that hitting the wrong notes and exhibiting no stage presence whatsoever can be entertaining too.
But, with some employees, it hit the wrong note.
Irony or too-clever posturing seemed to hit the wrong note.
They hit the wrong note in a summer season and missed the beat of sleek simplicity seen elsewhere in New York.
Maybe because when the Guardian does go out of town it can still hit the wrong note.
No reform will see off deep underlying pressures on the budget; when the best that can be hoped for is that scarce funds will be stretched a little further, talk of "saving billions" hits the wrong note.
