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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sound .
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Examples
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Several journalists and some of my own colleagues in government told me the term sounded patronizing.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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Not everyone understood or could hear him, and the name sounded odd.
Make Him a Saint Peggy Noonan 2011
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His name sounded foreign, as did the name of every one of his friends.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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To her, the word sounded awful, but at the same time she thought maybe she could sketch what she saw.
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
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His name sounded foreign, as did the name of every one of his friends.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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In 1995, after making billions of dollars in the music and airline businesses, Mr. Branson registered a new company, Virgin Galactic the name "sounded good", at London's Companies House.
Space: The Next Business Frontier Mary Kissel 2011
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Even his name sounded as if it belonged to a scrappy Irish club fighter.
How Will the Future Judge Him? Richard B. Woodward 2012
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The name sounded familiar, but then again, there was a Harrison at the office, too.
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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The name sounded familiar, but then again, there was a Harrison at the office, too.
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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I'd lived through several springs of Kiev's notable chestnut trees in bloom and the phrase sounded apt.
Branding Your Revolution Matthew Kaminski 2011
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