"sound" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But that sounded weak and plaintive in his ears.
- She sounded cheerful at the outset but increasingly plaintive as the day wore on.
- Her voice sounded plaintive and childish in her ears.
- His voice sounded plaintive and weak to his own ears.
- The voice sounded small and plaintive, almost a whisper.
- In it Nick sounded plaintive and excited, the words underscored heavily to emphasize their importance.
- Somehow the boy sounded plaintive and imperious, all at the same time.
- "I used to like being a lone operative," she said, sounding oddly plaintive.
- The bent old trapper's voice sounded a trifle plaintive.
- It sounds slightly plaintive or restrained, like when you moan because of a stomach ache.
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