soundings in a sentence

Examples

1. Hitch said, sounding part-coach, part-evangelist.
2. Almost all the major carriers have adopted similar-sounding positions.
3. He was sounding more Yoda than 21-year-old.
4. It wasn't very successful at sounding light ."
5. I wondered if it could still be done without sounding derivative.
6. It is more political, almost sounding like an official statement.
7. We are not sounding the call to get out of stocks.
8. That an alarm goes off, sounding like dreaded wedding bells.
9. Many bottles of Italian-sounding brands actually contain Spanish oil.
10. You were . . . my sounding board and my friend.