Robert Bruce tried to sound cheerful and reassuring.

"No need for this," Mayor Swope said, his voice trying to sound calm and reassuring.

He tried to sound calm and reassuring.

The voice, recorded by her son before his deployment, sounded upbeat and reassuring.

The answer was wary, but his words had to sound positive and reassuring.

She sounded calm and reassuring, but that was what most alarmed Collingdale.

When I called he sounded knowledgeable and reassuring.

She tried to sound calm and reassuring, but he turned away before she had finished speaking, as if her words meant nothing to him.

My dad's voice sounded deep and reassuring, and I had a fleeting feeling that everything was going to work out.

The degree of participation will probably depend on whether inviting government apartment cleaners into one's home sounds reassuring or intrusive.