"I Don't Dance," which on first blush sounds like a declaration of loyalty to an old country sound, is instead about remaining loyal on the road: "I don't dance, or play with the truth/take a chance of ever losing/the only one I sing my love songs to/I don't dance with anybody but you".
"Our plan is that he'll stay here," Allofs said – but it sounded like a declaration more of hope than expectation and a definite move away from the "not for sale" message of a few weeks ago.
As liberating as that may sound, that declaration has been his most notable antagonist for his entire life.
The newspaper O Globosaid the move "sounded like a declaration of war on NGOs dedicated to conservation".
To the Confederate states it sounded like a declaration of war, but they sought to avoid the responsibility of striking the first blow.
At the White House, I recently heard much the same thing — it sounded like a declaration of press irrelevance — from Andrew Card, Bush's chief of staff, who said of the press, "They don't represent the public any more than other people do.
The 21-year-old's debut album has been years in the making, and sounds like a cross between a confessional and a declaration of independence.
It may sound like a jingoistic declaration, but the United States is the most important voice on banking regulation.
It may sound like a surprising declaration from one so strongly associated with Italian castles, marble columns and gilded detailing.
Nathan Thrall, a Jerusalem-based analyst for the International Crisis Group, said that what sounded like a bold declaration was "a years-old talking point".
After all, Austen's narrator signs off her beautifully pitched dramatic exposition of Elizabeth's parents with something that sounds like a categorical declaration: "Her mind was less difficult to develope [sic].
