sounding
Example Sentences
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But her voice—slightly nasal, with conversational phrasing and clipped inflections informed by hip-hop—is instantly identifiable, and conveys intelligence and intimacy while sounding perfectly natural in glittery electronic productions.
“Yes, my girl?” her moshom said, sounding rather pleased with himself.
From Literature
Clare cried, sounding like a stubborn child being sent to his room without supper.
From Literature
“I’m going to put on my bathing suit right now!” she chirps from her bedroom, sounding happier than most about the prospect of changing into swimwear on a raw and cloudy afternoon.
“Input costs are significantly higher, crop prices are not,” CEO Svein Tore Holsether said, sounding the alarm about how the war could affect the food supply chain.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
