I'm against the tactics used by the big media companies but saying stuff like that just makes you sound dumb.

It may sound dumb but your answers to questions are so complex and complicated.

I can't get my head around this at the moment, but it sounds dumb.

Probably sounds incredibly dumb, but there you are, that was me.

For someone who went to college for 3 years, he sure sounds dumb.

I don't want to sound dumb or impertinent, but what's your interest?

It's meant to sound sarcastic, but it just sounds dumb.

"Nothing will happen to me because I'm not from here," she said, which, even to her, sounded dumb.

Even to him, it sounded dumb, but he couldn't think of anything else to say.