Sentence examples for sounds enough like from inspiring English sources

The word in classical Greek — outis — sounds enough like Odysseus to constitute a kind of pun.

Mr. Glenn sounds enough like Mr. Carradine to carry off "I'm Easy".

But the film's ending, introducing farmers whose lives (and weight) have been changed for the better, sounds enough like an infomercial to undermine the whole enterprise.

Peugeot (Biao zhi) sounds enough like the Chinese slang for "prostitute" (biaozi) that in southern China, where the pronunciations are especially close, the brand has inspired _________ jokes.

I am not a music critic, and don't feel qualified to pass judgement on that aspect of the show except to say the singing sounds enough like the studio albums to appease the fans, unless some electronic jiggery-pokery has been afoot to tune it all up, which I understand it quite common these days.

The lyrics worry over economic inequality, take a crack at Iraq ("Lost all your gold in an overseas war / Just goes to show you don't get what you pay for") and even mention fracking (it's not an ideal word for a rock song, frankly, but sounds enough like a profanity that it passes by without too much trouble).

Do I sound enough like a trader by saying that?

Prior throws primarily a fastball and a curveball, but Miller said his mechanics were sound enough, like Schilling's, to one day add a forkball.

But it still sounded enough like a compromise that a half-dozen senior presidential aides quit in protest, saying that the president was not doing enough to advance Taiwan's eventual independence.

It featured the physicist Stephen Hawking as master of ceremonies and Sir Ian McKellen as Prospero, wearing a gown of stars and telling Miranda, who was floating above the stadium in a wheelchair, to "shine your light on the beautiful diversity of humanity," which wasn't Shakespeare but sounded enough like it.

They sound enough like Bastille and Years & Years to set off every manufactured teen-rock alarm bell, yet they're rough and un-press-trained, sing frankly of autobiographical scandals, and their success was self-made, reaching the Top 20 on the back of three EPs released on their manager's label.