Sentence examples for sounds humorous from inspiring English sources

It sounds humorous at first.

"Out of context, that sounds humorous," he said.

"Sometimes he sounds humorous, but sometimes he sounds like Ezra Pound's poetry.

By David Remnick "Sometimes he sounds humorous, but sometimes he sounds like Ezra Pound's poetry," Archie Moore said of Clay.

While the version of events that's currently for sale – in which a deranged thug went all Walter Sobchak at a McDonald's when the lady behind the counter made it hard to apply for a job – sounds humorous at face value, I don't see why we're all so eager to laugh.

"At first it sounded humorous.

It may sound humorous, but it took me almost a decade before I truly understood the full implication of those words.

At first, the paper titles and their subject matter might sound humorous, but the founder of the IgNobel awards means to call attention to research that "first makes you laugh, and then makes you think".

The Axis powers may not seem terribly funny (only Italy is probably kind of funny), but it would be hard to deny that they are operating on a sound humorous principle in giving the civilization what might be described as the total hotfoot, since the sufferings of the innocent, the helpless, and the smug, have always been considered fine material for comedy.

That might sound humorous – but merely reflects the problem.

SWITZERLAND: 78s Biggles – Let A New World Begin Sven Rüf aka Biggles from Zurich is a singer-songwriter with a special talent for making music that sounds simultaneously humorous and fragile.