Sentence examples for that sounds flattering from inspiring English sources

Gov. Bill Graves of Kansas, a Republican who got to know Governor Carnahan well, said: "I want to say this in a way that sounds flattering: he wasn't the game-show host type of politician.

"It doesn't sound flattering.

After some Nets players studied the Hornets in preparation for Tuesday night's game at Continental Arena, they sounded flattered and violated.

If, however, you listen to music on a decent home music system, one with reasonable equipment that is properly laid out, and if you concentrate on what you're hearing, you may well find that a tightly compressed MP3 file, such as one made at 128 kilobits a second, will sound flatter and less "spacious" than one made at a higher rate, say 320 kilobits.

His ads sound flatter than Hillary Clinton's voice on the stump.

The joists will sound flatter and thinner when you tap on it, while the other side will sound deeper.

The new opera house at Glyndebourne (1994) was a job Derek particularly enjoyed, because he responded to Michael and Patty Hopkins' architecture as positively as they did to his acoustics – his quest for a warm, reverberant sound that flattered both orchestra and singers.

That framework sounds less than flattering for Democratic veterans who have been in office a very long time.

Choose a style that is flattering to your body type.

Wear makeup that is flattering and enhances your face.

Here the deficiencies began with the sound, flatter and less lucid than on the band's studio output, and extended to the stagecraft, which felt similarly constrained.