Sentence examples for sound personal from inspiring English sources

"The story they wanted to tell was 'Descendant of slaves wants monetary reparations for slavery.' They made it sound personal and reduced her to a person she's not.

"She has the requisite toughness," Mr. Lapine said, "but also has an ability to make sense of everything in a song, to make it sound personal rather than practiced.

The social liberalism of the New Evangelicalism appealed to Graham, and even Niebuhr allowed that Graham had "sound personal views on racial segregation and other social issues of our time".

It's like reading used to be — long ago before anyone had ever seen the brightly backlighted screens of laptops, cellphones and iPods that, when activated, turn everyone's personal field of vision into layers of garish light and sound, personal Times Squares.

The arc of his own career, for starters, and how his early albums set the stage for the so-called neo-soul revival; but also the way he processes his influences, always managing to make them sound personal; what he feels the role of soul music is in the broader cultural landscape; and what has been gained (or lost) as the Internet has rejuvenated (or devastated) the music business.

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Uh oh, this sounds personal.

It sounds personal - does he believe that the government was so hostile to him because of his Islamic roots?

In fact, even when Senator Dole was making sure President Clinton's health care plan never came to a vote in 1994, their quarrels never really sounded personal.

It was indulgent in that respect, and it did not leave me feeling particularly uplifted, but it certainly sounded personal, and sincere.

For a man who rushed to Florida in 2000 to join the Bush campaign's legal fight during the disputed vote recount, the disappointment sounds personal.