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  • She was chanting, as Lady Truden said, in that silky, beautiful voice that was so ill-matched with the horror that produced it.

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • You said, ‘They were the most ill-matched couple in all of Christendom,’ so I know that you know the whole story.

    Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011

  • They found early on that they were perfectly matched as songwriters -- Richards provided the riffs and chords, Jagger the lyrics -- but ill-matched as people.

    Keith Richards's 'Life': An unexpectedly clear look at years as a Rolling Stone Lou Bayard 2010

  • As a result, these ill-matched members are often unwilling or unable to fulfill their duties and you, as the CEO, now have the additional challenge and frustration of either managing or restructuring your under-performing board.

    Earl Martin Phalen: 3 Tips for Creating a Powerful Nonprofit Earl Martin Phalen 2011

  • An image of James's real parents, "an ill-matched pair" who separated when she was 14, sits at the foot of the fireplace.

    A room of my own: Geraldine James 2011

  • They found early on that they were perfectly matched as songwriters -- Richards provided the riffs and chords, Jagger the lyrics -- but ill-matched as people.

    Keith Richards's 'Life': An unexpectedly clear look at years as a Rolling Stone Lou Bayard 2010

  • Although Wordsworth added some vital details, not least the knowledge that albatrosses flew around Cape Horn, it became readily apparent that their speeds of composition were ill-matched.

    Wordsworth & Coleridge II « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

  • Although Wordsworth added some vital details, not least the knowledge that albatrosses flew around Cape Horn, it became readily apparent that their speeds of composition were ill-matched.

    2010 May « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

  • She was chanting, as Lady Truden said, in that silky, beautiful voice that was so ill-matched with the horror that produced it.

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • As a result, these ill-matched members are often unwilling or unable to fulfill their duties and you, as the CEO, now have the additional challenge and frustration of either managing or restructuring your under-performing board.

    Earl Martin Phalen: 3 Tips for Creating a Powerful Nonprofit Earl Martin Phalen 2011

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