How to use sounding in a sentence

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• I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.From the entry phrase
• I'm sick of his sounding off about how he thinks this country should be run!From the entry sound off
• They consider that channel to be unsailable until a sounding with sonar has been performed.From the entry unsailable
• At the risk of sounding stupid, how does it work?From the entry at the risk of
• “We need to take these glaciers seriously without sounding like Chicken Little,” Joughin said in an email.2022 February 2, Ian Joughin, quotee, “Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ keeps scientists at bay with iceberg and sea ice”, in The Guardian. From the entry Chicken Little
• And now it's the turn of the horribly painful sounding 'ab crack' which has got people talking.2016 July 20, Sian Ranscombe, The Telegraph. From the entry ab crack
• "At the risk of sounding cold though, I'm glad he's gone.2015, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain, volume 3, page 237. From the entry cold
• The first object show episode with 'decent' sounding music and songs!2013 August 17, @kitkatyj, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 09 Feb 2025. From the entry object show
• And, at the risk of sounding like Candida, I'd give anything to find out.'2011 April 19, Michael Arditti, Pagan and Her Parents, Arcadia Books, →ISBN. From the entry pagan
• We can't eat popcorn in your bed,” I told him, sounding maybe an eensy bit desperate.2011, Kristen Ashley, Rock Chick Regret. From the entry eensy
• The other voice is garbly and robotic, sounding like a bad techno rap song.2011, Daniel Mega, Carniboars. From the entry garbly
• Sounding quite pompous, he continued, “The devil cannot remain at Thorn hall.2011, Regina Jeffers, The Scandal of Lady Eleanor, page 259. From the entry facinorousness
• Hear more low end, and slightly less canny sounding from what I can tell.2010 May 24, nm...@wt.net, “FlipHD Saturday SECTR5 LittleWing”, in alt.guitar (Usenet). From the entry canny
• She answered the telephone with a sleepish sounding voice, since she wasn't fully awake yet.2010, Brenda Croan, Hidden in a Pillow. From the entry sleepish
• He prefaced his next song with a row of hard, multiphonic squawks, sounding like a truck horn.2009 January 22, Nate Chinen, “A Single Jazz Band, by Way of Two Trios”, in New York Times. From the entry multiphonic
• You can't even shorten Brian to Bri without it sounding like a kind of cheese!2008, Phill Young, FarArc, Author House, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry brian
• Just another forum, then, sounding the usual alarums on the looming threat from global warming?2008 December 9, Jeff Jacoby, “Skepticism on climate change”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN. From the entry alarum
• I. delivers supertechnical raps without ever sounding as boring as that last sentence.2007 July 3, Kelefa Sanneh, “In Rap, Inner War Can Be a Trap”, in New York Times. From the entry supertechnical
• The sounding of the alarm was the signal to begin the emergency blow maneuver.2005 September 29, National Transportation Safety Board, “Emergency Evolutions”, in Marine Accident Brief: Collision between the U.S. Navy…. From the entry blow
• "I was a wild child," she said, sounding devilish, "never did get tamed.2005, Joan Anderson, A Walk on the Beach: Tales Of Wisdom From An Unconventional Woman. From the entry wild child
• One style known as "darkness" or "darkside" used less pianos and more darker sounding chords.2003 May 6, Alex Nikolaenko Jr., “What is a Jungle?”, in fido7.ru.music.drum-bass (Usenet). From the entry darkside
• Sounding balloons carry a payload, usually a radiosonde, to heights of 30 km or more.2001, Fred V. Brock, Scott J. Richardson, Meteorological Measurement Systems, page 225. From the entry radiosonde
• The songs are much of a muchness (or littleness), all sounding forgettably alike.1987 March 30, John Simon, “Theater: Railway Disaster”, in New York, page 97. From the entry much of a muchness
• So the Lost Star’s bleep has been sounding for eighty years, and no ship has reached her.1979, Frank Northen Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, Salem Press, →ISBN, page 937. From the entry supercee
• From the core of the trunk come explosive cracks sounding like rifle-fire.1961, Robert S. Close, With Hooves of Brass, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 34. From the entry timber
• After the weather cleared he found himself in soundings about 20 miles South of Lincoln Island.1912 October 16, “THE LAST TYPHOON.”, in The China Mail, number 15,485, →OCLC, page 5, column 3. From the entry Macclesfield Bank
• Sounding like the real estate developer he once was, Mr.2025 February 4, Peter Baker, Michael D. Shear, Isabel Kershner, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump Proposes U.S. Takeover of Gaza and Says…. From the entry riviera
• Most people do not transmit,” said Jamie Lloyd-Smith, another infectious disease specialist, sounding a bit like the statistics meme Spiders Georg.2020 June 3, Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso, Roger Hannigan Gilson, “Coronavirus Roundup: Superspreaders May Account for Most COVID-19…. From the entry Spiders Georg
• Resistance to online culture is not about “sounding hopelessly old”, but about shaping a future beyond the stupidification of technocapitalism.2019 December 25, Jeff Wallace, “Letters: On reflection: don’t play it loud”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry technocapitalism
• A gruffy, almost sleep sounding voice answered the phone.2018, J.E.K. Roberts-Thomas, A Married Life, page 37. From the entry gruffy
• Sounding like a human, ugh; that's table stakes.2016, Geoffrey Colon, Disruptive Marketing: What Growth Hackers, Data Punks, and Other Hybrid Thinkers Can Teach Us About Navigating the…. From the entry table stakes
• In fact, I don't think it's that at all, as I think King's dialogue is known for sounding incredibly natural.2016 November 12, SomeGuyNamedTony, “The Dune, and Stephen King's adverbophobia”, in StephenKing.com Message Board. From the entry adverbophobia
• Hence, Dalmia comes out sounding like a gambler at heart, not unlike the famous Yudhishthira, the 'unhero' of the Mahabharata.2015, Thomas A Timberg, The Marwaris: From Jagat Seth to the Birlas. From the entry unhero
• 'Sounding grander is not always better,' answered the cobber.2013, Leicestershire Guild of Storytelling, “High Cockalorum”, in Leicestershire & Rutland Folk Tales, Stroud, Glos.: The History Press…. From the entry cockalorum
• At worst, the term ‘ownership’ becomes a ‘motherhood statement’ which, whilst always sounding worthy, can be entirely lacking in specified content.2009, Simon Chesterman, “Ownership in Theory and in Practice: Transfer of Authority in UN Statebuilding Operations”, in David Chandler…. From the entry motherhood statement
• His inflection carries that stonerlike quality of sounding perpetually surprised.2008 June 30, Rob Kuznia, “A Hippie and His Van: They’re a Piece of Work, Man”, in Noozhawk. From the entry stonerlike
• Our Fourth of Julys are sounding different, too.2005, Martha Bolton, “Season’s Greetings”, in Growing Your Own Turtleneck… and Other Benefits of Aging, Bloomington, Minn.: Bethany House…. From the entry Fourth of July

Meaning of sounding

1. noun The action of the verb to sound.
2. adjective Emitting a sound.
3. adjective Sonorous.

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Questions about sounding in a sentence

How do you use sounding in a sentence?

Sounding is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The sounding bell woke me up.”

What is a short sentence with sounding?

“The sounding bell woke me up.”

What does sounding mean?

Sounding means the action of the verb to sound.