Sentence examples for sound formal from inspiring English sources

It is there for sound formal reasons, playing an integral part in beautifully made paintings.

I mean for my voice to sound formal, but it comes out soft and broken.

But for chatting it's ubiquitous: "Where are you guys from?", "How are you guys?" and so on are now the norm in conversation, where a plain "you" might sound formal or unfriendly.Anything to eliminate ambiguity is fine by me.

Her own songs, including the acclaimed King's Horses and title track, can sound formal, but references to holiday parks, launderettes and Freud ground them, and her Joni-like vocal wanderings are never overstretched.

On the other hand, they are essentially unsatisfactory with regard to a sound formal basis and concrete empirical scenarios.

It may sound formal and bureaucratic, not to mention expensive, but the strategic-planning offsite makes the same sense for entrepreneurs as for corporate managers.

He sounded formal and forceful.

Manager sounds formal, but caretaker?

It sounds formal and repetitive.

"Identity parade" sounded formal and impressive, and St. Aldates was right next to Christ Church college.

I don't like the word mentor, because that sounds formal and rigid.