minor key
collocation in Englishmeaningsofminorandkey
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minor
adjective
uk/ˈmaɪ.nər/us/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the ...
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key
noun[C]
uk/kiː/us/kiː/
a piece of metal that has been cut into a special shape and is used for opening or closing a lock, starting a car ...
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(Definition ofminorandkeyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofminor key
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The protagonist's melancholy can be understood here not by simply equating theminorkeywith sadness.
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The clearest representatives of the topos, however, dwell in aminorkey.
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It is in aminorkeyand has only a short digression or 'pocket' in the major.
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It is no wonder then that the whole book seems to be written in theminorkey.
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They are only in aminorkey!
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There are additional sources of funding, but relativelyminorkey.
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They talk about protectingminorkeyindustries from attacks abroad.
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Naturally, this debate is set in a moreminorkey.
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The aspirate melody's languorous treatment of bar lines runs counter to the rigid feel of the standard fanfare, as does the dreamyminorkeysetting.
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I would like to ask a factual question in aminorkey.
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They are in a veryminorkey, but, so far as they go, they are good.
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It was, of course, in aminorkey, but why should it not be?
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He managed to pitch the whole thing in a veryminorkey.
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Only aminorkeywas struck in her speech on that issue.
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This intervention now is rather more in the nature of an interlude in aminorkey.
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I fear that henceforth my remarks will be in aminorkey, as it were.
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It was a minor one because it was in aminorkey.
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Whatever criticisms there have been have, with one exception, been in aminorkey.
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For years, we have tried to prop it up on aminorkey.
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They are important to certain individuals, but in terms of the overall responsibilities they are in aminorkey.
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But these estates soon showed inminorkeysome of the problems of the pre-war suburban areas.
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I could even set it to music; it would be in aminorkey, but it could be done.
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It was very noticeable that his speech was pitched in a comparativelyminorkey, enlivened with an occasional staccato passage.
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Also in aminorkey, it features synthesizers and percussion.
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This section eventually develops into aminorkey.
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