Sentence examples for sound fraudulent from inspiring English sources

At Enron, many frauds may have occurred, but many acts that sound fraudulent may prove to be legal.

All temporizing counterarguments sound fraudulent, which is how Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dismissive pronouncements have sounded.

But it sounds fraudulent, schoolteacher-ish.

For the first time, you use "Professor" to introduce yourself — it sounds fraudulent coming from someone who defended his Ph.D. just nine days ago.

"Basically, that sounds like a fraudulent conveyance," said David Skeel, a bankruptcy law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

One passage of dialogue that is bad because it sounds slanted to make an ideological point is almost a straight steal (and that's probably why Mankiewicz didn't realize how fraudulent it would sound), and was especially familiar because John Dos Passos had quoted it in "U.S.A.," in his section on Hearst, "Poor Little Rich Boy".

In such a heavily populated borough, a few fraudulent postal votes might not sound like it matters but when you look at how slim the majorities are here you know every vote counts.

But Mr. Pitt assured the Senate Banking Committee at a confirmation hearing in July that he would "ensure vigilant enforcement of sound rules that protect all investors against fraudulent, deceptive and manipulative misconduct".

(See the Magna Carta quote, above. What is this -- a Monty Python routine?) 7. Auditors must be legally liable if they certify sketchy and/or fraudulent bank programs as financially sound.

It is a sound of horror, terror, and torture unleashed through fraudulent claims.

If a deal sounds too good to be true, it is probably fraudulent.