The phrase "sounds practical" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to describe something that seems practical or reasonable in a given situation. Example: "The plan to use recycled materials in the construction of the new building sounds practical and environmentally friendly."
Millions of cellphones disappear or are damaged each year, and some kind of coverage sounds practical.
(Obama also said that he would "urge high-tech and law enforcement leaders to make it harder for terrorists to use technology to escape from justice," something that sounds practical but could have troubling civil-liberties implications).
For the American public, it sounds practical and pragmatic to give people who have deep roots in the community and have good moral character a chance to get right with the law.
But while more evening and weekend sittings, and more justice handed down at the community level, sounds practical, it won't come cheaply.
While all that sounds practical, Engestrom describes the addition of an offline mode — which means merchants can make payments even when they do not have an Internet connection — as "mission critical".
It really doesn't sound practical to me.
More important, sound, practical reasons favor this historic combination, or at least, argue against fearing it.
Mr. Donovan (above left), a student at New Canaan High School in Connecticut, sounded practical: "We rehearsed for four weeks".
A trusted advisor and business confidante, he could always be relied upon for his unstinting loyalty and sound, practical advice.
Falwell himself likes to preach from Paul's Epistles to Timothy — from the letters in which the older evangelist gives the younger one some sound practical advice.
You had to know the right courses to take in community college — real academic ones, not the business-certificate classes that sounded practical but were actually useless.
