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Meanings of sound out in English

Portuguese
dizer
Catalan
parlar
Spanish
articular

Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.

        dizer

        Try to learn someone's opinions and intentions.

              Usage of sound out in English
              1
              Piro wondered if he had to sound out the words to read.
              King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
              2
              Might take a while to sound out, but it shouldn't be difficult.
              Broken angels
              3
              There's a beauty in them even without a sound out of them.
              The Irish Times
              4
              I might send Master Stephen to Rome to sound out the Curia.
              Wolf hall
              5
              We haven't had a sound out of 'em for a half hour.
              The Killer
              6
              At least I'd get to hear a sound out of your throat.
              Lonesome dove
              7
              Their feet thundered toward her; nothing could block the sound out.
              Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
              8
              I fastened the door, with robes against it to keep the sound out.
              Lords of the North
              9
              A bookbuilding process starts on Wednesday to sound out demand for the bonds.
              Reuters
              10
              Whatever made the sound out back wasn't a threat to them.
              Strong, sleek and sinful
              11
              A faint sound out of the far west came to him.
              The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border
              12
              Not a sound out of you or you get it good and proper.
              Brewster's Millions
              13
              Then is heard a sound out of heaven as of a host muttering.
              Master Olof: A Drama in Five Acts
              14
              Another peal of bells had begun to sound out at some distance off.
              Jude the Obscure
              15
              Around two o'clock she heard a faint clanking sound out front.
              The lonely polygamist: a novel
              16
              Life was that sound out there, that ghastly reiterated female sound.
              The Beautiful and Damned
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              Translations for sound out
              Sound out through the time
              Sound out across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common