Sentence examples for had not sounded from inspiring English sources

The hooter had not sounded.

He hoped the word "noble" had not sounded sarcastic.

I wish it had not sounded quite so harsh on Thursday.

But the ballet might have looked more vivid if its accompanying music by Michael Nyman had not sounded so wishy-washy.

Teacher Fei's mother had not sounded out of sorts when she had called him that evening to report his father's words, nor had she cried the following morning on the phone with the news of his father's death.

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This hadn't sounded like praise.

If only it hadn't sounded so heavy here.

I remarked that the boys hadn't sounded to me as if they wanted to call it off.

They were surprised, he said, that we hadn't sounded more like the shouting heads on cable news.

Dr. Kelsey might never have reached the F.D.A. in the first place if her first name hadn't sounded like a man's.