They sounded, to my untrained ear, like they were having an argument.

Now, the untrained ear might not think much of this.

To the untrained ear, the demonstration sounds like squealing pigs.

One was speaking, and even Royson's untrained ear recognized the measured cadence of the story-teller.

To her untrained ear, it sounded as if the man was attempting to be as quiet as possible.

Tchicaya couldn't even parse the speech into separate words; to his untrained ear it sounded like a continuous flow.

To an untrained ear it would almost seem like one shot, but you'll see and hear that it isn't.

As is commonly the case with people of untrained ear, he had never much cared for this instrument; he preferred the piano.

Warri told me he had learnt several new songs; however, they appeared to my evidently untrained ear to be all exactly alike.

Time between South Africans sounds like an unknown variable to the untrained ear, but 'now-now' is completely comprehendible and considered an entirely suitable time frame.

Barzec then picked up the refrain, and even Ayla's untrained ear detected a fine and distinctive quality in the timbre and tone of his voice.

And to the untrained ear, it is not much different from the muted cries portrayed in Steven Spielberg's Lost World, which featured a "chatting" Para.

This despite the fact that his most famous composition, 4'33, is devoid of notes or anything else that, to the untrained ear, would constitute sound.

Studying the writing table she heard a faint sound that untrained ears would have missed.

The great hall was filled with people, the din of conversation almost deafening to her untrained ears.

He answered with a string of all tongues, interwoven like pointillist brush strokes, meaningless to untrained ears.