sounding
Example Sentences
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The researchers interpret this as a sign that polished language may no longer reliably reflect scientific value, and that reviewers may be rejecting some of these papers despite strong sounding writing.
From Science Daily
The office serves as the people’s financial guardian, reviewing contracts, scrutinizing expenditures and sounding the alarm when the numbers stop adding up.
Then all of a sudden, this person had gone and worked with someone else, and things were sounding similar.
From Los Angeles Times
But as he answered questions, Powell struck many investors as sounding more concerned about the employment situation than inflation, at one point saying that the jobs market faces “significant downside risks.”
The words are nice enough, but they come out sounding rude.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
