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"Sounds cheap, right?
This all sounds cheap and obvious, but it's also, and quite oddly, sincere and well meant.
It sounds cheap, young and dated, but in fact strikes a delicate balance between bodycon and fetishwear, all with a knowing nod to the 1990s.
The Loiners of Leeds have made a great success of being Rhinos but Batley Bulldogs sounds cheap and jingoistic after the splendour of the Gallant Youths.
And as in his earlier "American Buffalo" (to be revived on Broadway later this season) and "Glengarry Glen Ross," talk is rich, even when it sounds cheap: a mighty means of measuring and asserting power, of confirming one's place in the scheme of things.
It sounds cheap, and not that it isn't.
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"Rather than sounding better, it sounds cheaper, which it is.
A flyby sounds cheaper than landing.
Each time, whatever it costs per day sounded cheap compared to having to deal with owning a ski area.
This app's backing tracks can sometimes sound cheap and electronic, but so does typical real-life karaoke.
All this cost £55, which might not sound cheap, but I ate it three weeks ago and I'm still smiling when I think about it.
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