Sounded Sentence Examples

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  • The alarm will be sounded and you'll be in a pretty position without your boots!

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  • The roar of guns sounded more distinct outside.

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  • His voice sounded alarmed.

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  • He sounded pleased once more.

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  • The music sounded louder and through the door rows of brightly lit boxes in which ladies sat with bare arms and shoulders, and noisy stalls brilliant with uniforms, glittered before their eyes.

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  • His voice sounded restrained, but she didn't respond.

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  • A knock sounded at his door.

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  • Which sounded to Dean exactly like 'coming to terms,' but who was he to say?

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  • The young college-aged waitress inserted the tack, placed a quarter beneath it for weight and sounded a horn to call attention.

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  • As soon as Natasha, sitting at the head of Prince Andrew's bed, heard of Princess Mary's arrival, she softly left his room and hastened to her with those swift steps that had sounded buoyant to Princess Mary.

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  • While they were talking in undertones the crack of a shot sounded from the low ground by the pond, a puff of white smoke appeared, then another, and the sound of hundreds of seemingly merry French voices shouting together came up from the slope.

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  • God, I sounded like such a bitch.

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  • She knew her remarks sounded unnatural, but could not refrain from asking some more questions.

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  • I asked before I realized how accusatory the question sounded.

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  • She hoped Dusty's direction wasn't as farewell-ish as it sounded.

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  • It wasn't the first time she'd heard such a thing, but it sounded far worse coming from the devil than it had Wynn.

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  • The footsteps were soft, but it sounded like more than one person.

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  • He sounded beyond relieved.

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  • The growl low in her chest sounded more like a rattle.

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  • It was a rare event for Fred to speak of his past, especially when it sounded like a hint of the truth.

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  • Yes. She sounded a bit sad—resigned, I guess, but she said everything was fine.

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  • The vehicle, older than Fred, sounded better than Dean's Jeep.

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  • Yes, she was fine, though her tone sounded nervous and tentative.

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  • It sounded as if she expected him to be on the mountain.

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  • It sounded far too good to be true, especially since Darkyn knew who she was and what he might extort out of Gabriel to have his mate returned.

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  • She sounded so distressed, he did.

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  • In the distance, an alarm sounded.

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  • The alarm sounded in the back of her mind.

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  • Whatever she did sounded permanent.

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  • He almost sounded … protective of his mate.

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  • She said the word in a hushed voice that sounded husky and sexy with her newfound status as a seductress.

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  • It sounded as if she'd already won, which meant his mate had lost.

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  • It sounded as if half a legion of armed Immortals was chasing someone through the fortress.

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  • He climbed halfway up before he heard what sounded like a sob from behind him.

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  • You sounded excited on the phone.

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  • He was back again and his voice sounded concerned.

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  • The detached information sounded like she was hysterical, but she felt calm.

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  • The doctor pulled at the mask that hung below his mouth, and for the first time, sounded interested.

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  • His deep voice sounded so good!

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  • She didn't hear him approach, but he sounded close.

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  • He sounded genuinely puzzled.

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  • Breathless, she reached the exit onto the roof and pushed it open, flinching at the alarm that sounded.

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  • I must've sounded like a fool to you.

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  • Sounded human but … Deidre shivered.

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  • Though he always sounded quietly confident, the new note in his voice was one of calm self-assurance.

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  • This … deal sounded too good to be true.

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  • The door closed with an ominous boom that echoed throughout what sounded like a massive but empty chamber.

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  • Now Hannah sounded bored rather than concerned.

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  • A light tap sounded at the door.

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  • The voice sounded like the sultry growl of a woman, but it had short hair and no breasts.

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  • A shot of whiskey sounded heavenly!

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  • He didn't give a damn about her, and he sounded as if he'd rather she jump from a cliff than bother him.

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  • His voice sounded mechanical to his own ears.

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  • The bump sounded again, as if someone ran into it.

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  • Evelyn sounded unusually pensive.

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  • She sometimes thought his accent sounded Russian, sometimes Irish.

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  • Several minutes later, Evelyn's footsteps sounded on the wooden stairs.

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  • It sounded very much like Evelyn was trying to tell her Romas could marry her off at his will when he pleased.

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  • That A'Ran guy sounded pretty convincing about kidnapping her.

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  • Their last conversation sounded eerily like something Evelyn had tried to tell her.

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  • There was a flash of light and what sounded like frying eggs that brought her gaze to the other screen.

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  • The phone rang twice while he worked, both times answered by Fred who sounded as if he was booking another guest.

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  • He sounded like a shit head.

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  • She sounded upset as they climbed to the second floor at her summons.

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  • If Dean had given any thought to how that statement sounded before he opened his big fat mouth, he would have practiced a little restraint and kept it shut.

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  • That sounded general enough, but her strange response set him back a beat.

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  • Dean turned away and like a beaten boxer long after the bell had sounded, slowly returned to his room.

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  • It sounded, as Dean didn't doubt it was, like a well-rehearsed speech.

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  • He loved using the vernacular, although it never sounded quite right coming from him.

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  • After a few minutes, he heard Sarah behind him, though something sounded strange.

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  • Her voice sounded rich, and full.

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  • He sounded noble, not at all sleazy like the other night.

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  • Clicking through slides, her commentary sounded dramatic and her gestures showed excitement for the art.

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  • Sounded like you were rearranging furniture.

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  • He decided that even if she sounded like a cat in heat, he would gush over her with praise.

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  • Elisabeth could hear the music playing; it sounded dark and melancholy.

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  • It was coming from the door, and sounded like scratching.

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  • Inviting Alex to visit this farm sounded more like a payback than a gesture of appreciation.

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  • There was only one way to keep from getting old, and life in an old withered body still sounded better than the alternative.

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  • She pushed his hand away and her laugh sounded nervous.

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  • It was dark and she couldn't see his expression, but his voice sounded controlled.

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  • Her laugh sounded nervous.

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  • It sounded like his voice, but she had never heard that tone.

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  • The way the pulse throbbed in her neck when he kissed it, and the way she sounded out of breath when she pushed him away – the feel of her breasts when she molded her body to his...

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  • His voice sounded stronger today, and his southern drawl struck her as oddly familiar.

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  • He looked as calm as he sounded, and she wondered how he could face his own possible death with such confidence and poise.

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  • Laser fire sounded as his other guard whirled and fired on Brady.

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  • The resignation in her tone sounded like a farewell.  Gabe studied her, uncertain what could stop Death from doing anything she pleased.  She was not only letting him go when she shouldn't, but she was telling him just how much time he had to get Katie out of the underworld.  Gabriel knew something was wrong if Death was turning her back on the duty of collecting souls, a duty she normally took such joy in.  She'd been unwilling to do that for him when their relationship had been at its peak.

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  • The angel sounded troubled.

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  • He looked up instinctively, sensing something different about this thunder.  It didn't sound like the rumbling thunder he'd heard in the mortal world.  It sounded like an explosion in the sky.  The jungle canopy blocked his view, so he leapt up to catch the branch of the nearest tree.  He scaled the tree quickly, stopping only when he broke through the layers of leaves.  More tiny explosions came, and he twisted to see what they were.

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  • Even the thunder of the underworld sounded weird.  Katie glanced towards the sky, silently cursing the rain.  She made her way over a fallen log and waited for Deidre before continuing.

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  • It sounded like a herd of horses plowing through the jungle.  "Demons," Toby said.

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  • They just sounded incredibly romantic.

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  • He sounded kinda wacky.

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  • His only phone message sounded like the same person who had telephoned the house the night before—again leaving neither name nor number.

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  • Lieutenant Anderson's response sounded more like an apology for being unable to locate two pillars of the community than a proper description of the two as a couple of leg-breaking punks.

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  • Vinnie sounded close to tears as he coughed on another of Ethel's cigarette butts.

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  • Whatever Vinnie was babbling about sounded like the last thing in the world Dean wanted to get involved with, but he had no choice but to at least hear out the terrified man.

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  • Sackler sounded ready to look them up and hand them Vinnie with a red bow around his neck.

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  • There was a Smith and a Jones, each with local addresses that sounded fake, and Zeke Ambrowski of Raleigh, North Carolina.

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  • He and his lady friend were drunk, at least it sounded like it, laughing and all.

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  • Somehow it sounded appro­priate.

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  • He sounded like a handsome looking gentleman, but I really couldn't tell you.

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  • The store hadn't done $500 in business the past month by the looks of things, and the two hardened robbers sounded like kids.

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  • Her voice sounded calm but firm, a hint of coldness he'd not heard before.

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  • Then he added, "She sounded really pissed at you."

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  • She had not, but sounded in a much cheerier mood, giving Dean a five-minute update on her school progress.

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  • The young man said he understood but sounded confused at Dean's sudden absence from their lives, though he didn't press for an explanation.

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  • None of the names sounded familiar, nor were the addresses in areas where Byrne was thought to have traveled.

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  • There's still a chance he'll think it's another Pat Corbin who sounded familiar.

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  • The voice sounded nervous to Dean, and perhaps disguised.

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  • Footsteps sounded behind her and she whirled, half expecting to see Josh.

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  • Some popcorn and a movie sounded like a good way to relax.

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  • He sounded like he had been drinking, but Josh didn't touch liquor.

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  • Actually, being there sounded good enough.

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  • A few days traveling with Alex sounded heavenly.

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  • He sounded tired and disappointed.

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  • I've got some friends that thought it sounded like a great getaway for a vacation.

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  • Her voice sounded emotionless.

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  • It sounded like he was pulling the tarp off the buggy.

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  • Josh accepted, mumbling that he wasn't drunk, but some coffee sounded good.

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  • And I think I … He struggled with the words, hating how weak they sounded.

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  • She still sounded irritated.

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  • Before he passed out, he released what sounded like a hoarse laugh.

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  • Jonny's voice held a note she couldn't place but it sounded almost like fear.

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  • Yully appeared as uneasy as she sounded while Charles licked his lips at the blood around them.

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  • A bellow sounded in the forest behind them, and moonlight gleamed off of the tips of falling arrows and the raised swords of the men that followed them.

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  • Tree frogs were chirping so abundantly that they sounded like crickets.

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  • As she opened the refrigerator door, her voice sounded despaired.

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  • It also prevented unauthorized entry, but the other sounded better.

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  • Realizing too late how it sounded, her face warmed.

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  • His voice sounded tired.

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  • It sounded reasonable, but was she merely rationalizing?

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  • It sounded like a good idea, and if she had been sure the offer had originated in his head, she would have accepted.

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  • Whatever the case, a refreshing swim sounded more inviting than the movies.

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  • At any rate, a stroll through the woods with him sounded inviting.

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  • It sounded like she was in terrible pain.

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  • He sounded kind of like a snob to me.

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  • It sounded like he was getting a little lost in his part.

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  • The water smelled so delicious - sounded so soothing.

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  • Megan wanted to go with him and today that sounded like an excellent idea.

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  • The guy sounded like a control freak.

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  • All were from women who sounded desperate just to talk to the strange man who owned this condo.

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  • After all, the thought of kicking the annoying woman, Toni, out of Xander's bed and apartment sounded really appealing.

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  • Jessi didn't want to guess why he sounded pissed by the fact she made three trips instead of one.

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  • She sounded like Ashley.

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  • She heard what sounded like mini-explosions and fighting.

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  • What part of giving an Other absolute power sounded reasonable?

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  • The earliest successful form was " Bright's bell " sounder, which consisted of two bells of distinct tone or pitch, one of which was sounded when the current was sent in one [[International Code O]] --- 4 - 5 p-- - 6 R - 7 '...'

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  • Having sounded Lord Granville, Mancini received encouragement to seize Beilul and Massawa, in view of the projected restriction of the Egyptian zone of military occupation consequent on the Mahdist rising in the Sudan.

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  • Actual or projected routes for telegraph cables across the deep sea have also been sounded with extreme accuracy in many cases; but beyond these lines of sounding the vast spaces of the ocean remain unplumbed save for the rare researches of scientific expeditions, such as those of the " Challenger," the " Valdivia," the " Albatross " and the " Scotia."

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  • In those early days and early trials the dominant note of Pasteur's life was sounded.

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  • The depth of the middle portion of the lake has not yet been measured, but must exceed 500 fathoms. It was expected that an underground ridge would be found connecting Olkhon with Svyatoi Nos; but depths exceeding 622 fathoms have been sounded even along that line.

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  • The following simple rules, laid down by a Committee of the Royal Geographical Society, will be found sufficient as a rule; according to this system the vowels are to be sounded as in Italian, the consonants as in English, and no redundant letters are to be introduced.

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  • Ch is always to be sounded as in church, g is always hard; y always represents a consonant; whilst kh and gh stand for gutturals.

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  • Slowly the Dutch lost ground and the outbreak of war with England sounded the knell of their dominion in Brazil.

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  • Writing in the name of the desolate church at Jerusalem he sounded the first trumpet-call of the crusades, though almost a century was to pass away before his note was repeated by Peter the Hermit and Urban II.'

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  • Recent scholars, accordingly, with but few exceptions, are agreed that the ancient pronunciation of the name was Yahweh (the first h sounded at the end of the syllable).

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  • Tanganyika has never been sounded systematically, but the whole configuration of its valley points to its being generally deep, and this has been confirmed by a few actual measurements.

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  • Arrived at the summit, Bredow sounded "line to the front," but at that moment a storm of French bullets swept down on them, and the men, no longer to be restrained, dashed forward, before the line could be completed, almost due east against long lines of infantry and artillery which they now saw for the first time about 1200 yards in front of them.

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  • After a desperate melee of some minutes, the rally was sounded, and the survivors of the charge, breaking their way a second time through the French infantry, eventually reached the shelter of their own lines, having lost rather more than half their numbers, but having saved the situation momentarily for their own army.

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  • German wireless sounded loud and clear.

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  • Greater depths These preliminary trips of scientific marine investigation were than those usually sounded by a hand-line may possibly not have followed by the greatest purely scientific expedition ever underbeen beyond the reach of the earlier navigators, for Strabo taken, the voyage of H.M.S.

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  • This great trench is continued along the Luchu.Islands where the cable-steamer " Stephan " sounded in 4080 fathoms, and through the Bonin Trench (with a maximum of 3595 fathoms) to the famous Marianne Trench in which the U.S.S.

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  • The intensity of the stream of energy passing per second through a square centimetre when a given pure tone is sounded is more definite and can be measured.

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  • The vapour line, therefore, merely vibrated to and fro when the pipe was sounded.

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  • When the harmonic is sounded the riders at the loops are thrown off, while those at the nodes remain seated.

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  • Since the quality of the note sounded depends on the mixture of harmonics, the quality therefore is to some extent dependent on the point of excitation.

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  • When a flame is just not flaring, any one of a certain range of notes sounded near it may make it flare while the note is sounding.

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  • The flame rises up from the burner in a long thin column, but when an appropriate note is sounded it suddenly drops down and thickens.

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  • On adjusting the gas so that it burns in a thin column, just not roaring, it is extraordinarily sensitive to some particular range of notes, going down and roaring when a note is sounded.

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  • If, the two pipes are slightly out of tune when sounded separately together they sound a common note which may be higher than that due to either alone.

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  • Thus, if a note of frequency 64 is sounded, and if all the successive overtones are present, the difference of frequency will be 64, and this is an unpleasant interval when we get to the middle of the scale, say to overtones 256 and 320 or to 512 and 576.

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  • It may easily be heard when a double whistle with notes of different pitch is blown strongly, or when two gongs are loudly sounded close to the hearer.

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  • It is heard, too, when two notes on the harmonium are loudly sounded.

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  • He was present at evening in the church, and when the midnight bell sounded for the nocturnal office early on Sunday morning he again went thither unsupported, but sank down before the altar and passed away as in a gentle sleep.

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  • Throughout this mystic religious world it was above all the influence of the late Greek religion, derived from Plato, that also continued to operate; it is filled with the echo of the song, the first note of which was sounded by the Platonists, about the heavenly home of the soul and the homeward journey of the wise to the higher world of light.

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  • The heavy swell made it difficult to get alongside the "Vindictive," and only a few men had got across when the siren sounded the retire.

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  • During the nights of the 30th and 31st of March the channel between the Middle Ground and Saltholm Flat was sounded by the boats of the British fleet, the Danes making no attempt to interfere with them.

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  • These stirring pieces, termed by him Messeniennes, sounded a keynote which found an echo in the hearts of all.

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  • The pace was increased, though the "charge" was not sounded, and Cardigan and those of his men who remained mounted, rode up to and through the Russian line of guns.

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  • He was sounded as to whether he would accept the laureateship upon the death of Tennyson, but declined, feeling that his tastes and his record were too remote from the requirements of a court appointment.

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  • The warning to the nation sounded by the Baptist, that God could raise up a new family for Abraham, is heard again and again in our Lord's teaching.

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  • The knell of Dutch supremacy was sounded by Clive, when in 1758 he attacked the Dutch at Chinsura both by land and water, and forced them to an ignominious capitulation.

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  • The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, followed by the establishment of direct steam communication between Spain and the Philippines, sounded the death knell of the peaceful outside the city, but were unsuccessful.

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  • When on the 18th of March Field Marshal Radetzky, feeling that the position of the Austrian garrison was untenable, sounded the rebels as to their terms, some of the leaders were inclined to agree to an armistice which would give time for the Piedmontese troops to arrive (Piedmont had just declared war), but Cattaneo insisted on the complete evacuation of Lombardy.

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  • The threats of Great Britain and France, the failure of Russia to back him up, induced him to refrain; but sooner or later a renewal of the war was inevitable; for the sultan, with but one end in view, was reorganizing his army, and Mehemet Ali, who in the autumn of 1834 had assumed the style of viceroy and sounded the powers as to their attitude in the event of his declaring his complete independence, refused to continue to pay tribute which he knew would be used against himself.

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  • Meanwhile he was feeling the influence to a certain degree of the romantic school, and of Schleiermacher and Hegel too, though he never sounded the depths of their systems. At length, in his twenty-first year, he finally decided to adopt the academical calling.

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  • The riot of his dithyrambic hymns sounded a strange note of nature amid the conventional music of the Gustavians.

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  • To his high connexions and his adroitness, as well as to the gross mistakes of his rival, Clement owed the immediate support of Queen Joanna of Naples and of several of the Italian barons; and the king of France, Charles V., who seems to have been sounded beforehand on the choice of the Roman pontiff, soon became his warmest protector.

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  • The fact remains that no other poet has sounded more native notes, or covered so much of the American legendary, and that Whittier's name, among the patriotic, clean and true, was one with which to conjure.

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  • The Guapore presents many difficulties to continuous navigation; the Baures and Itonama offer hundreds of miles of navigable waters through beautiful plains; the Mamore has been sounded by the writer in the driest month of the year for a distance of 500 m.

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  • They sounded the tocsin, mustered their partisans, and released the prisoners.

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  • His arrest was decreed; but he had the generale sounded and the tocsin rung, and tried to rescue Robespierre, who was under arrest in the hall of the Comite de Siirete Generale.

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  • Lynch, an American explorer (1848), equipped by the United States government, was more successful, and he may claim to be the first who examined its shores and sounded its depths.

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  • During 1872 Gordon was sent to inspect the British military cemeteries in the Crimea, and when passing through Constantinople on his return to Galatz he made the acquaintance of Nubar Pasha, prime minister of Egypt, who sounded him as to whether he would take service under the khedive.

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  • It sounded so cold - so clinical.

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  • His voice sounded sober, but then, he didn't sound drunk earlier.

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  • Destiny sounded frightened, and then started to cry.

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  • Tonight she told me our life sounded dull - and then left the room.

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  • It was a statement that would have sounded better if it hadn't included the word us.

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  • The words forced through her vocal chords sounded louder, but still hoarse.

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  • It sounded pretty rational to me, I thought as we all clapped.

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  • His question sounded more designed to contradict his wife than a search for companionship.

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  • She didn't know if he'd met with the Oracle or not, but his words sounded eerily like Sofi's, who had claimed her destiny merged with Darian's.

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  • Yes. She sounded a bit sad—resigned, I guess, but she said everything was fine.

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  • He almost sounded … protective of his mate.

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  • Even his groan sounded tired.

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  • It sounded like a classic case of depression, yet she had nothing to be depressed about.

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  • Sounded human but … Deidre shivered.

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  • This … deal sounded too good to be true.

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  • A murmur went through the dancers, several of whom sounded as if they ran into each other before pausing.

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  • A commotion sounded behind him, and he turned.

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  • The way the pulse throbbed in her neck when he kissed it, and the way she sounded out of breath when she pushed him away – the feel of her breasts when she molded her body to his...

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  • Her soft, forlorn words sounded like a farewell.  "This is killing me," he muttered.  He strode to her, wrapped his arms around her, and kissed her.  She yielded more easily in the dream than she ever had in real life.  Her soft, warm lips welcomed him hungrily, and he lost himself in her sweet musk, warm skin and honeyed taste.  He didn't want to leave; he wanted to spend the rest of his life making love to her on the beach.  He wanted to feel his skin pressed against hers and for her to run her fingers through his hair before scraping her nails down his back.  He wanted to take her every way he could imagine, until they lay spent and panting on the beach, until nothing but their entwined bodies and souls remained of their world.

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  • Gabe sounded more relieved than Rhyn thought the encounter warranted.  He looked closely at his friend, wondering what might be bothering him.

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  • They just sounded incredibly romantic—our fantasy.

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  • His only phone message sounded like the same person who had telephoned the house the night before—again leaving neither name nor number.

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  • And I think I … He struggled with the words, hating how weak they sounded.

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  • New Order have always managed to sound contemporary through the years, often they've sounded innovative and groundbreaking.

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  • As advertising hyperbole it certainly sounded impressive--even if it was untrue.

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  • It really looked and sounded sorta pretty, like a fighter jet on full afterburner.

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  • Hope you don't mind " At least he sounded vaguely apologetic.

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  • The menu itself was good looking and all the dishes sounded appetizing.

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  • Dynamic contrasts were well-judged and orchestral textures sounded crystal clear in the intimate auditorium.

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  • Everything else read and sounded like meaningless babble to them.

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  • In due course the priest was to arrive (Irish of course) muttering something that sounded faintly blasphemous under his breath.

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  • They played a jazz fusion oriented set - sometimes they rocked, sometimes they sounded somewhat bluesy.

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  • Suddenly a light started flashing in the part of the map covering a remote area of Mexico and a warning buzzer sounded.

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  • One song that stuck in my mind sounded like a mixture between that " I eat cannibals " song and Las Ketchup.

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  • Terri Hendrix sounded like an off the wall gospel choir on her own.

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  • A wooden clapper that was sounded by the prior to summon the monks to eat, wash or attend a meeting.

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  • It always sounded a bit corny to me, personally.

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  • In print he sounded fierce; in life he was gentle, even courtly.

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  • Our feet sounded hollow on the thin plug filling the huge crater.

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  • I mean less than 10 years ago this discussion would have sounded crazy to a lot of people.

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  • O ' Sailor's discordant piano riff sounds suitably creepy, but it might easily have sounded cartoonish.

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  • It sounded fantastic and came to an end with a thrashing guitar crescendo.

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  • It sounded too much like novelty and seemed disrespectful.

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  • There was a free minibus to bring us here last night which sounded worryingly dodgy over the phone yesterday from Caserta.

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  • I'm not certain about it tho, but she did have an accent that sounded vaguely eastern European.

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  • I heard in his school discourse, no word which sounded to moral edification!

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  • Beyond the Orchard Door The ship had now been moored and, as Queen Emeline stepped ashore, the heralds sounded a fanfare.

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  • After the first two pieces every tune sounded the same and the crowd got fidgety, starting push waves and shouting for the Monkeys.

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  • I, apparently, sounded tinny and the person I was talking to was a little garbled, especially when they talked loudly.

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  • The nucleus is is this risky opening gavel was sounded the edge of hysteria.

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  • America's Philo Vance had the strange gentility of Wimsey while Nero Wolf sounded more predatory.

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  • Geordie lads and they were pretty good in Manchester but here they sounded so much better.

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  • The job sounded quite easy, and quite glamorous too.

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  • The Germany, Argentina game sounded good on the radio at work.

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  • Speech came across natural and distinct; music score sounded grand, which fit the films overall presentation.

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  • Egghead quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne, whose name alone sounded like some obscure degree-level specialism, would babble the questions through a perpetual rictus grin.

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  • And then that old factory hooter sounded and the French knocked off.

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  • On the Northgate we had got our first reaction in the form of car hooters, we presume sounded in approval.

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  • The claim of mass rape sounded just too implausible to the Newsroom to be included in the program.

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  • It sounded so gloriously incoherent, and yet inspired, and I was head over heals in love.

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  • When Jesus promised to rise from the dead it sounded incredible.

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  • This is a call that has been sounded in our ears, from our very infancy.

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  • The ringing strings sounded pleasantly intimate in that dark arena.

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  • Then I heard what sounded like a party of Siberian jays calling from the other side of the lake.

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  • They also sounded much different than the usual scrub jay chatter.

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  • The violent end to the Jacobite rising of 1745 also sounded the death knell of Highland society.

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  • When we heard it mixed properly, it sounded mega.

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  • This sounded like one of the better Coldplay songs with its soaring melody.

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  • Last night I finally got around to uploading the January updates, and noticed that I'd sounded rather morose and irritable.

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  • At 18 months in my opinion she sounded very gutteral, very nasal.

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  • When it was wound up, it sounded like the real nightingale.

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  • He sounded just as nonchalant when asked about the overall shape of his team.

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  • Until now, it sounded fairly nonsensical, because the author concludes that the " comet " is actually the planet Mars!

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  • Turing's view of the United States as a remote outstation would not have sounded well in American ears.

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  • Randy Greif, always interesting, contributes a subdued, lightly percussive composition that unfortunately sounded a bit muddy.

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  • Some things they were thinking of starting were - sounded very good, like a mentoring scheme for new female probationers.

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  • The singer had this rasp that sounded like he laid down the vocal track after three hours of screaming at a hockey match.

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  • The equation might have sounded simple but, as O'Leary has constantly reminded us, they were ' only ' playing Barcelona.

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  • Two drunken sailors in the audience last night said their singing sounded like a couple of parrots fighting.

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  • Twelve o'clock had scarce rung out over London, ere the knocker sounded very gently on the door.

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  • In 1977 tho when the norm was Elton John and Abba The Sex Pistols sounded very scary to the average public.

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  • In the quiet, one-room shanty, the clatter of metal on metal sounded like freight cars coupling as she chambered a bullet.

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  • An air raid siren at the Nurses Home on Westgate Road was sounded.

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  • Sue Keer brought an authority to the part of the real Donna Lucia; she looked and sounded splendid.

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  • The very first Monday Mr Russell and a man from India called Vishnu played the tabla and it sounded great.

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  • I'd promised myself I wouldn't have a dessert but theirs sounded far too tempting!

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  • Well I did of course, and I'm sure they sounded just terrible.

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  • Scarface Well, me and Janey watched it and thought it sounded brilliantly trashy!

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  • Verging on pedantic, some of Harrison's songs would have sounded trite in lesser hands.

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  • Simply put, we pray that things move ahead until that seventh trumpet is sounded.

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  • At a time when most other British jazz trumpeters were hung up on either Clifford Brown or Miles Davis, Reece sounded like neither.

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  • They sounded unnatural, like a psychotic symphony playing in a cave.

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  • Being up to my neck in cold water whilst trying to get readings from a temperamental compass and clinometer sounded deeply unpleasant.

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  • Despite being run straight after the election and before the drawn-out Euro Count the AGS comrades looked and sounded remarkably upbeat.

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  • However, Kroes, attending a competition conference in Italy, sounded upbeat.

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  • James's distinctive tone, which has a very fast vibrato, sounded as bright and hard as a diamond.

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  • I had just reached the spot, when a loud whistle sounded over the moat behind me.

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  • The final result sounded more natural than it had been translated word-for-word.

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  • When two tones are sounded together with frequencies not very different, " beats " or swellings-out of the sound are heard of frequency equal to the difference of frequencies of the two tones (see below).

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  • Great Britain was in favour of coercion, but Russia, when sounded, replied that she " would certainly not join in any coercive measures " and she was supported by France.

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  • Suddenly one shot after another rang out from the French, smoke appeared all along their uneven ranks, and musket shots sounded.

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  • What sounded like a gunshot blast rending the night air.

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  • I sounded an alarm bell against resurgent Japanese nationalism some years ago.

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  • I 've sounded like a self-help book more than enough now.

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  • On Thompson, the high trees were filled with birds, and their chatter sounded like squalls of hail and glass.

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  • Even the squawk of a seagull above my head sounded like it had been drafted in for a sound effect.

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  • I 'd promised myself I would n't have a dessert but theirs sounded far too tempting !

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  • Well I did of course, and I 'm sure they sounded just terrible.

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  • Scarface Well, me and Janey watched it and thought it sounded brilliantly trashy !

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  • Verging on pedantic, some of Harrison 's songs would have sounded trite in lesser hands.

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  • However, the language that he used - even to our untutored ears - sounded strange.

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  • James 's distinctive tone, which has a very fast vibrato, sounded as bright and hard as a diamond.

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  • A year ago Martin Bacon, chief executive of the Civic Trust, sounded a few warning bells.

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  • Although he sounded indignant, he spoke mere bluster and would not follow through on his anger.

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  • Her speech sounded very formal, but it was clear that the young girl did not understand the semantics of all the words she was using.

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  • Although it sounded complicated, the Crest White Strips were actually very easy to use.

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  • Thus, the flirty nude sounded like a great choice for me.

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  • The gasp heard around the world sounded when it was revealed Jennifer Lopez and singer Marc Anthony were married in a hush-hush backyard affair.

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  • Stewart, however, has joked that he changed his name because it was too difficult to pronounce Leibowitz and that it "sounded too Hollywood."

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  • Not only that, he also studied their accents, eventually adopting it himself so in the end, he acted and sounded like everyone else in the neighborhood.

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  • West went on to perform Run This Tow with Jay-Z (genius), Rihanna (sounded flawless).

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  • Kurt Cobain's suicide put an abrupt end to Nirvana, a band that almost single-handedly sounded the death knell of the arena rock era.

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  • The paradox used to be that inexpensive electric guitars were of such poor quality that they were no fun to play, and they sounded terrible.

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  • If a high level of the gas is detected, an alarm signal is sent to the monitoring station, a siren is sounded in the member's home and the dispatcher immediately sends help.

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  • But still, the lines sounded like they were delivered tongue-in-cheek and I know Jaleco wanted this to be a serious contender to RE.

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  • The Metal Gear Solid franchise on the PS2 has always looked and sounded beautifully and this is no exception.

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  • My son learned to mimic noises, then patterns of speech, and then finally sounded out words.

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  • He thought the name sounded pleasant and significant and named the series after her as sort of a tribute.

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  • The main features of the Palm Pre sounded very appealing.

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  • Later, he told Fran that his future plans didn't include becoming a worldwide spiritual leader, even though it sounded "cool".

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  • The voice sounded so loud and clear that the investigators started searching the room for a hidden speaker to no avail.

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  • He started walking toward the freeway when a high-pitched, eerie voice sounded behind him from the road saying, "I'll give you a ride."

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  • The level can also be adjusted so a quiet alarm can be sounded if appropriate or a loud alarm for sound sleepers.

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  • At that moment, his words sounded trite to me.

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  • Disintegration went platinum in America, something that would have sounded insane to Cure fans ten years earlier.

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  • They did, however, like his voice, and they liked the way he sounded performing with his brothers, who were guests on the album.

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  • The label was not happy with the resulting recordings, but they did like the way Nick sounded when he sang with his brothers, who had been recruited for backing vocals for the album.

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  • These files sounded great, but they were so large that they were difficult to store and almost impossible to share.

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  • Kris Allen stripped the song down to a single acoustic guitar and played a Bossa Nova type of feel that sounded like something the Brazilian guitar player Antonio Carlos Jobim might have written.

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  • Despite the violent, arrogant raps Wallace placed on his tracks, his background music often sounded sweet, as if from a different era such as the 1960s or early 1970s.

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  • Using distinctively southern samples and lyrics, Outkast sounded like something completely new.

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  • Or perhaps when you took a college course in eastern religion, you thought it sounded like the Prof was quoting Lucas, when in fact he was quoting Lao T'se and the Tao Te Ching.

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  • It sounded like a good chance to get away from this house and the memories for a while.

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  • Her voice sounded strange.

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  • She sounded subdued and whispered as she asked how Molly was doing.

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  • It sounded good in words, but applying it was going to be difficult.

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  • His voice, in a word, sounded 'haughty'. Connor finally made eye contact, and in a thin whisper said, "I'm really scared."

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  • In various speeches he sounded a note of conciliation with Indian progressive feelings, and it was agreed on his return to England that valuable help had been given by his utterances to the work of self-government in India under the new regime.

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  • Destiny coughed and sat up with a wale that sounded more like a broken growl.

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  • He squeezed her hand and his voice sounded constricted.

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  • What felt good a minute ago now sounded like suicide.

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  • Sure, that sounded possible... if he didn't spend every day at the barn.

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  • His tone sounded concerned as he kneeled beside her.

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  • The words sounded confusing, even to her.

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  • He did act hesitant about it, but his encouragement sounded sincere.

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  • Generally speaking, if something sounded too good to be true, it usually was.

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  • It sounded more like a statement than a question anyway.

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  • My statement sounded enough like a question to earn me a frown from both.

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  • Martha sounded horrible on the phone.

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  • He sounded like he was agreeing to a root canal.

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  • It sounded more like a demand than a request.

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  • He sounded like a first class jerk from the beginning.

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  • Then Ronnie got up and said how he and mom loved each other and how she still loved her daughter Annie and it sounded like my sister was her only child.

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  • It was faint, but sounded like the Watcher's.

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  • No woman would ever be more than second to a man like that, but being the woman who was second in his world sounded better than anything else she'd ever wanted.

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  • They exchanged a greeting in a foreign language that sounded like Russian before he held out his hand to her.

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  • The sound of the door closing sounded like the sealing of her fate.

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  • Was it some kind of rhetorical flourish, just words that sounded good?

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  • When there were several bands of musicians, it sounded as if all the village was a vast bellows and all the buildings expanded and collapsed alternately with a din.

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  • Was that a farmer's noon horn which sounded from beyond the woods just now?

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  • As I sounded through the ice I could determine the shape of the bottom with greater accuracy than is possible in surveying harbors which do not freeze over, and I was surprised at its general regularity.

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  • At the ladies' end an even chatter of voices was heard all the time, at the men's end the voices sounded louder and louder, especially that of the colonel of hussars who, growing more and more flushed, ate and drank so much that the count held him up as a pattern to the other guests.

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  • What sweets are we going to have? and Natasha's voice sounded still more firm and resolute.

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  • The hussars ran back to the men who held their horses; their voices sounded louder and calmer, the stretchers disappeared from sight.

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  • To Rostov every word sounded like a voice from heaven.

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  • The French cannon did not reach there and the musketry fire sounded far away.

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  • Someone--it sounded like Speranski--was distinctly ejaculating ha-ha-ha.

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  • Again all was silent and then again it sounded as if someone were walking on detonators and exploding them.

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  • His voice sounded terrible.

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  • Her voice sounded cold and distant.

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  • Her voice sounded faintly annoyed.

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  • Fresh blackberry pie sounded good.

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  • It sounded more like something a woman would think of.

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  • She sounded thrilled about the baby, on the phone.

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  • I was trying to come up with an exit excuse when a gong sounded from above.

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  • At her age, the words sounded strange.

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  • The words sounded hollow, even to her ears, and she rose.

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  • The alarm sounded the second Damian materialized into the compound.

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  • Then she looked at Zeb, whose face was blue and whose hair was pink, and gave a little laugh that sounded a bit nervous.

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  • Her voice sounded so serious and so sad that the chirping of the birds was silenced at once.

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  • The awful pain he suffered made him moan incessantly and piteously, and his moaning sounded terrible in the darkness of the autumn night.

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  • While she sounded relieved, there was a chill in the air like opening the door, expecting warm sunshine and forgetting it's December.

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  • He sounded pleased, unlike the moods he'd been in lately.

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  • It sounded pretty, like the poof the desert dust made when the first drops of rain fell.

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  • A long train whistle sounded several times, adding to the dark mood of the evening.

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  • After a long pause, Mary's voice sounded concerned.

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  • The horses showered the fine dry snow on the faces of those in the sleigh--beside them sounded quick ringing bells and they caught confused glimpses of swiftly moving legs and the shadows of the troyka they were passing.

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  • At seven in the morning a French convoy in marching trim, wearing shakos and carrying muskets, knapsacks, and enormous sacks, stood in front of the sheds, and animated French talk mingled with curses sounded all along the lines.

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  • Every night she dreamed about him - about the way his voice sounded when her ear was on his chest.

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  • Last time we talked, you sounded like you never wanted to see me again.

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  • Hopefully her voice sounded more composed than she felt.

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  • Alarms sounded a few moments before the doors exploded off their hinges.

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  • His footsteps sounded down the hallway and he continued calling her name frantically.

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  • The sunshine from behind the hill did not penetrate into the cutting and there it was cold and damp, but above Pierre's head was the bright August sunshine and the bells sounded merrily.

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  • The hours were perfect, nine to five, and the job sounded as if it were tailored for her.

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  • He sounded wide awake.

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  • The cannonade was dying down, but the rattle of musketry behind and on the right sounded oftener and nearer.

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  • His tone sounded a little alarmed, and she glanced up at him.

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