"sound" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The statement may sound slightly facetious, but Mr. Hartke means it.
- His attempt to sound facetious was not altogether convincing, and nobody smiled.
- "The question might sound facetious, but I assure you it isn't."
- Boris might sound facetious, but Sascha was relieved by his compliance.
- I'd ask who else you think it could have been," Duncan replied, "but I shouldn't like to sound facetious.
- Especially if she has to help us shift big-daddy drone pods, and Damia tried to sound facetious.
- She wanted to sound skeptical or cynical or even facetious, but that wasn't the way her words sounded even in her own ears.
- Why do I always sound facetious and unconvincing when I talk about politics?
- I don't think hunting for this beast is going to be very much like a caribou-hunt,' said Gil, trying not to sound facetious.
- A month ago, he would have sounded facetious.
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