Sentence examples for sounding from inspiring English sources

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sounding

adjective

Emitting a sound.

  • The sounding bell woke me up.

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It shows the Moyes banner – "The Chosen One" – amid a stormy sky and a Scottish voice sounding close to disgusted.

Jacobs had retained a fascination with the duo ever since seeing the video to U.G.L.Y and wondering who these two sparky girls were, having so much fun while sounding completely out of step with the musical trends of the time.

The van speeds on again, the jubilant music now sounding jarringly discordant.

Even his jokes had a habit of sounding like pomposity or bad temper to those who did not know him.

Numerous MPs have spoken out about the problem of politicians sounding too robotic and rehearsed, warning that it is fuelling the growth of Ukip.

One minute the treasurer, Joe Hockey, was sounding very much like he would consider cuts to hugely generous superannuation tax concessions as part of the tax review, and assistant treasurer Josh Frydenberg was, quite properly, saying that pension and super changes had to be considered in combination.

The result reflected not just his personal charm and gentleness – he had the knack of never sounding like a career politician even after 30 years at Westminster – but personal bravery too.

Since 2008 Nato has been openly sounding the alarm about plunging defence expenditure, and in his 2012 report the then secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, warned of "an ever greater military reliance on the United States, and growing asymmetries in capability in European allies.

At the risk of sounding hopelessly pious, I would suggest one above all others: reading.

Solskjaer, sounding very much like a man in denial, said: "If we do produce a miracle at Southampton next Saturday, we might be back in with a chance.

Turner catches himself sounding serious and shakes off the notion.

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