"sound" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The crisp edge of control in Makin's tone made him sound almost prissy.
- She made a clucking noise that sounded prissy even to her.
- I knew I was sounding prissy and ridiculous but I couldn't help it.
- It may sound prissy, but some of those drinks were nasty and made you really wish for a cold Coke instead.
- Indeed, in imposing the punishment, Thorn managed to sound positively prissy.
- "I fail to find the amusement in this," she retorted, sounding annoyingly prissy even to her own ears.
- I feel I should apologize because it sounds so prissy and so ungrateful.
- "You must be kind to your little guests," Clare had said, sounding impossibly prissy.
- It came out sounding prissy and a little lame.
- She tried to sound cool and precise, but had a feeling she merely sounded prissy.
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