Nobody likes to ask the price when specials are recited, especially with guests, yet when the waiter states the price for each item it sounds tacky.

The role takes over, it sounds tacky but it's true; it was kind of magical.

It sounds tacky, but it's peaceful if you avoid the tourist groups.

"You hate to sound tacky about $20 million," Mr. McCurley said.

If his music tilted any further westward, as it occasionally does on recordings, it would sound imitative and tacky.

I know it sounds tacky," she said, "but I am innocent.

If that sounds tacky . . . well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I despair of anyone believing this because it sounds tacky," he says, "but I'm one of five kids who grew up in a row house in Philadelphia.

Rai recordings usually sound a little tacky by American standards, since the music often uses last year's electronic gimmicks.

This may sound tacky, but the fit and finish are first rate, and the net effect is way cool.