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Meanings of sounding in English

Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms.

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Examples for "looking"
Examples for "looking"
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However economic migrants, for example, were often young men looking for work.
Reuters
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Feed levels are looking good, and production is ahead of last year.
Radio NZ
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Another season of Braxton Family Values is looking really good right now.
Ebony
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These days, however, the future of crime fiction is looking fabulously female.
News.com.au
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There are, however, two importantly different ways of looking at the problem.
Economics Without Illusions

Sounding.

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Usage of sounding in English
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Nevertheless, many confident-sounding voices are heard among; them the voice of Pres.
The new yorker
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It's a pretty quick process but it comes out sounding really good.
Radio NZ
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CAUTIOUS Some market participants were sounding cautious after the sharp gains, however.
Reuters
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Wordplay update: And thanks for the torrent of suggested fun-sounding negative words.
The Guardian
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Pronunciation or similar-sounding words were an issue to 10 percent of people.
Reuters
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Yana said something in a Slavic-sounding language that was almost certainly unprintable.
Cauldron of Ghosts
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The quail on the side-hills were still sounding the clear water call.
The red pony
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I'm grateful for the opportunity, she said firmly, sounding stubborn to him.
Bungalow 2
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Shock was beginning to set in, the words sounding numb and emotionless.
The undertaker's gift
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You do have some insight into families, Gladys said, sounding genuinely pleased.
Happiness key
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But she had no idea how to say that without sounding mean.
Toxic
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I had the sounding lead used in this novel made in Manchester.
Depths
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Nothing is more charming than the sounding of the reveille in Paris.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
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She spoke in panting gasps, the death-rattle sounding in her skinny throat.
The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance
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The idea of a family get-together was sounding less and less attractive.
She, myself & i
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Yet at time its leaner-sounding production provides a counterpoint to its explicitness.
The Irish Times
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