And yet, with all this mismatching of color, form, and style,-this chronological array of fittings and furnishings, beginning with the mouldy mirror and ending with the modern straw chair,-there was a harmony that satisfied one's every sense.
"The Other Fellow"
F. Hopkinson Smith
Then it might have been seen that she had a purpose, for as soon as the elements had again, with a due amount of the usual shuffling and mismatching, been mixed, her case proved the first to have been settled.
"The Awkward Age"
Henry James
I mark the ground in squares of one rod and plant in every other crossing, mismatching to make the trees zigzag.
"The Apple"
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