Example sentences of "she sounded [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew she sounded effusive but she remembered the lordliness of S. Kettering 's style and wished to propitiate him . |
| 2 | She sounded serious and I knew that , this being so , she was talking about herself . |
| 3 | She sounded disappointed as she passed the handset to him . |
| 4 | She sounded disappointed . |
| 5 | She sounded disappointed that her information was redundant . |
| 6 | She sounded disappointed , and a small frown creased her forehead . |
| 7 | She sounded weary . |
| 8 | She sounded weary and old . |
| 9 | She sounded tired but , though her breathing was laboured and painful it seemed to Creggan now that her voice was the only friendly thing left in his world . |
| 10 | She sounded disgusted and fed up , and the word " Jack " was blown away like fluff . |
| 11 | Then , thinking she sounded brusque again , added , ‘ But I imagine it could be , in the right circumstances . ’ |
| 12 | She sounded close to being afraid . |
| 13 | She sounded distant and cold as she told me she would marry the man her father had selected from millions , and that was the end of it . |
| 14 | She sounded keen on both , though . |
| 15 | She sounded far from it . |
| 16 | She sounded vague . |
| 17 | He thought she sounded drunk . |
| 18 | She sounded sad and resigned as if she had lost something . |
| 19 | Emily realized that she sounded hysterical . |
| 20 | She realised she sounded elated . |
| 21 | She sounded indignant and resentful , and he slowed up deliberately . |
| 22 | She sounded indignant now and a smile touched his lips . |
| 23 | She sounded ill-tempered and I realised that in the absence of me , Syl and Lili she must have dined alone with Mrs Monro and Robert and the gallery owner . |
| 24 | Sarah knew she sounded prim . |
| 25 | She sounded casual . |
| 26 | She sounded breathless and he frowned , his eyes lifting to hers for a moment before someone drew his attention and he turned away . |
| 27 | She sounded relieved as if she , like Carrie , had been afraid to hear something worse . |
| 28 | She sounded pleased to say it and Tug stared at her , with a wild hope that she was going to explain everything to him . |
| 29 | She sounded pleased and her step was quicker on the stair . |
| 30 | She sounded flat and dull . |