Sentence examples for sounding gracious from inspiring English sources

He is hardly sounding gracious now.

(I'd heard Murray Kempton, a columnist known for sounding gracious even if he was describing a mobster, say of the same person, "A lovely man. A brave man. Of course, he'd walk a mile to get beaten up").

At a meeting this morning at the Crillon Hotel, Armstrong, looking weary but sounding gracious, said, "It was a real honor to win the Tour de France as a cancer survivor".

The implicit roastee is Mr. Brustein, who at one recent performance spoke to an openly appreciative audience of subscribers before the curtain went up, sounding like the grateful and gracious recipient of a lifetime-achievement award.

They were sounding boards.

"Harsh sounding".

Absolutely lovely sounding... sounding.

They maintained gracious smiles as a pack of Russian-sounding women sporting very tight faces, hounded the famous duo with lavish praise.

Thanks to a generous mentor there and some good early forays working with gracious Humana Festival playwrights and directors, I began to learn how to be an incisive and supportive sounding board in a rehearsal process.

Good gracious!

How gracious.