Sentence examples for sound forced from inspiring English sources

Even some of the best translations have phrases that sound forced.

Especially in the later music dramas of Wagner, sheer weight of orchestral sound forced the singer to unprecedented vocal exertions.

In these terminally cynical times, the rousing finale of the Fifth can sound forced and empty, but here it burned with the heat of belief.

But competition from the growing American and German industries and the advent of sound forced it to concentrate on the home market and domestic educational films.

The hood signifiers ladled into the lyrics sound forced and contrived, not least because the singer sounds bored out of his skull.

It might sound forced, or at least gimmicky, to draw any parallels between "The Canterbury Tales" and modern hip-hop, especially since "The Canterbury Tales Remixed" is not Mr. Brinkman's only crack at popularizing an academic subject through hip-hop.

But there is no sound, forcing you to concentrate solely on the horrific events unfolding before you, albeit with a kind of childish simplicity.

In the surging, soulful theme the strings played with depth and richness yet never sounded forced.

None of it sounds forced: for Shakira it's all pop, taut structures for volatile passion.

But in their case the argument too often sounds forced, too transparently an effort at star-making spin.

As I listened to her, I thought about her voice: making that sound requires such energy and skill, yet it never sounded forced.