Sentence examples similar to sounding request from inspiring English sources

The harmless-sounding request to issue temporary waivers actually has enormous potential for abuse.

So here's my plea: Mr. Salinger, forgive me my genuinely earnest and well-meaning if intrusive-sounding request, but could you reassure us that — if you have been writing all this time — we'll get to see some of it before … we die?

I'm always amazed that people with very specific-sounding requests often get very specific responses and needs are met in creative ways.

New York deep house purist Levon Vincent is down for the last Saturday of the month, but tonight sees the Twitch debut of Leeds-based DJ-producer Paul Woolford, who is playing under the guise of his recently adopted (and grittier sounding) Special Request alias.

— — — — — — — Codicil No. 4: Can I make a silly-sounding last request?

This entails approving six dire-sounding permission requests.

In a curt, composed-sounding message he requested "immediate return" and was cleared to land but did not make it to the runway.

According to band member Rich Robinson, "That record was destined to fail because ... [Columbia executives] just said, 'It's not going to do well ... It's no use wasting time or money.' " The band also was frustrated by the label's request for albums sounding similar to their first, 1990's Shake Your Money Maker.