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sounding

adjective as in audible

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The advisor would cite reasonable-sounding sources like haltabuse.org and the FBI.

Brown was still sounding the alarm about one particular firm, Booz Allen Hamilton, when he was arrested on September 12, 2012.

He's dazzling, fielding questions, spinning out anecdotes and limericks, sounding 35 and hungry for publicity.

When the ship hit the rocks, the sound of bells ringing and alarms sounding echoed in the theater.

His papier-mâché characters are either sounding boards or set dressing.

Nevertheless Monsieur de Biancourt was always on his guard, and often sent the boat on ahead with the sounding-lead.

On the 11th of May, the sounding lead was cast, and bottom was found at 80b fathoms; a sign that they were upon the Codfish Banks.

Pausing at the threshold before opening the door, the sonorous mumble sounding through the deal panels misled me.

“He hath told us already, Princess,” said the other, his harsh accents sounding more like the snarl of a wolf than a human voice.

The simplest form was the Doublette sounding the 15th and 22nd (the double and treble octave) of the note struck.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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