Sentence examples for sounds stark from inspiring English sources

Language that is part of a certain relationship, milieu or workplace, by the time it reaches court, is stripped of its context and suddenly sounds stark and unpalatable.

It sounds stark, but these numbers represent good news, actually.

If this sounds stark or alarmist, that's because it is.

Taken out of context, the line sounds stark and depressing, like an admission of self-hatred.

After a long climb that began with a YouTube groundswell, "I Don't Like," the collaboration with Lil Reese that's the defining document of the current Chicago sound — stark, violent, happily unforgiving — has now spent a few months on the Billboard R&B/hip-hop singles chart.

Historically at least, that judgment sounds too stark.

It sounds so stark, a sentence that should never be said: Tom Ford has left Gucci.

And coming at the end of this exploration of the dark side, Schubert's "Serenade," the final encore, sounded newly stark, though lovely still.

The lyrics sound as stark and self-pitying as ever, but they fit: Mr. Adams knows this terrain all too well, and he seems happy to show it.

Recorded in the singer's shed, the sound is stark and theatrical, perfectly suited to Palafox's dramatic Spanish lyrics (sample translation: 'The sorrow that doesn't come out poisons').

The Wikimedia Foundation has sounded a stark warning against a copyright reform proposal in Europe that's due to be voted on by the European Parliament next week.