Sentence examples for fear of sounding from inspiring English sources

Not surprisingly, soldiers never talk about this for fear of sounding foolish.

No one talks about materialism any more, for fear of sounding like a Marxist.

When working, she tries not to offer grand gestures of sympathy to bereaved families for fear of sounding insincere.

It was as though nobody quite wanted to deal with the subject matter, for fear of sounding prudish.

I spend most of the sessions constructing sentences in my head and then swallowing them for fear of sounding stupid.

"I didn't want to write too close an imitation of that distinctive music for fear of sounding flat or sharp.

Andy Booth, the company owner, doesn't like telling his story for fear of it sounding "too cheesy".

She's afraid of sounding foolish.

The cost of sounding cool?

Are they properties of sounding objects?

You run the risk of sounding silly.