Sentence examples for instead of sounding merely from inspiring English sources

Instead of sounding merely noisy or smudgy, all the intricate details were laid bare.

Instead of sounding a bit like Joy Division, they now sound a bit like Depeche Mode.

Instead of sounding strummy and raw, in the recent indie fashion, it sounds spare and polished — African rhythms, bright, undistorted guitar melodies, and twinkly Yamaha keyboard flourishes.

You should find dialogue that sounds like it can be spoken by real people instead of sounding too fancy or forced.

Instead of sounding softer, Mr. Braun said, the music "seemed to have gotten louder".

But the sting is taken out of these arguments, which instead of sounding like bitter soundbites are laced with humour, thanks to the biological switch.

Want to light an LED instead of sounding the buzzer?

What keeps lines like those from sounding merely compulsive is a camouflaged sense of craft, suggestive of the poetics of Gertrude Stein.

(At the risk of sounding chauvinistic, I'd nominate instead Andrew Porter, who wrote for this magazine from 1972 to 1992, and who deserves a Library of America volume of his own).

Instead of being merely pushed aside, the electrons are forced to move in circular orbits.

She's afraid of sounding foolish.