Sentence examples for and sounds less from inspiring English sources

The phrase "inventions in solid geometry" sticks, and sounds less like an event, more like a sculpture.

If it looks and sounds less dated than that, that's principally because Mr. Calatrava has given it a transparent black-and-white set like a huge fan; its pleats ripple now and then, like the arc of a Slinky.

Now he keeps a bottle of bitter elixir next to his desk, and sounds less like a finance whiz than a soul mate of Mr. Huter, the philosophical gardener.

But if tied to the Olympics and construction of a conference center, parks, office buildings, housing and expansion of the No. 7 subway line, the cost can be stretched out over many years and sounds less objectionable.

It makes plenty of horsepower (265) but a wimpy 223 pound-feet of torque — what you feel when you accelerate — and sounds less than luxurious at higher engine speeds.

And it may also be that London is becoming an ever more ethnically diverse world city - a capital which looks and sounds less and less like the rest of the country of which it is the capital.

Serious to a fault, he looked grayer and sounded less optimistic than he does in commercials.

Moments later, Stoudemire arrived at the postgame podium and sounded less optimistic about Sunday's Game 4.

The sound was slightly more detailed than with my preferred in-ear headphones, the $130 Westone UM1, but it had less dimension and sounded less natural than with my favorite, the over-the-ear $100 Grado SR80i headphones.

And Mr. Cuomo sounds less enthusiastic about the idea.

Mr Mugabe would be allowed to go into a dignified retirement, and not be sent to The Hague for crimes against humanity.Mr Tsvangirai, more of a bruiser and showman, sounds less accommodating.