How to Use sound like in a Sentence

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  • The album does sound like a salute to the Houston hip-hop of the past 20 years.
    Craig D. Lindsey, Chron, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The New Pornographers sound like a band that’s in it for the long haul.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2023
  • If any of these sound like you, just take a breath and try to take it one day at a time.
    Women's Health, 8 May 2023
  • The threat may sound like a science-fiction movie plot.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 5 July 2023
  • Well had some summer bops, what would those sound like?
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2024
  • While that may sound like a good thing, keep in mind that the Covid-19 pandemic is not over yet.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Not to sound like a big time wuss, but that seems dangerous.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 May 2023
  • The vibrations coming out of the Pac-12 are starting to sound like a death march.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But there’s always one song that for me dictates what the rest of it’s going to sound like.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2023
  • That might sound like overkill, but the palate tells a different story.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2023
  • What would a Zach Bryan small-town theatrical epic sound like?
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 July 2024
  • Overindulging other people could sound like a good idea.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023
  • The mosquitos arrived with a sound like the start of an air show, where planes fire up their big engines.
    Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
  • That may sound like a pretty classic premise for a slasher.
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 31 May 2024
  • This may sound like the ranting (or whining) of a glass-half-empty person.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Although that makes sense, what’s striking is that the play doesn’t sound like a smart period piece.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Both sound like parents assuring their children that the bear is not a threat.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2023
  • Throughout the video, baby Love is seen bouncing up and down as a song plays a zany take on what chickens sound like.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • This may sound like a long time, but in the history of the universe this is a relatively quick death.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 5 May 2023
  • There is a beat of silence, then an explosion of sound like creation.
    Samuel Ernest, Longreads, 2 May 2023
  • What would an Austrian ode to Edgar Allan Poe sound like?
    Mike McCahill, Variety, 14 May 2023
  • In cracking what a giant futuristic tank would sound like, Aadahl noticed there was a void in the tread of the tank.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • His generation was able to just make music and sound like an alien.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2023
  • These birds have a variety of call sounds, including notes that sound like whistling.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Perhaps the above makes this sound like some bleak therapeutic parable, and who doesn’t hate that crap?
    Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Low and steady, devoid of emotion or singsongy nature…most of us don't even want our leaders to sound like that anymore!
    Emily Leibert, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Hair botox may sound like magic in a bottle (a sure side effect of the name), but the products should be part of a holistic effort to care for your hair.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Does that sound like a terrible idea that could not possibly work?
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Racing toward an upshift, such an engine made a sound like an alien power drill boring to the center of the earth.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 25 Mar. 2023
  • That might sound like an ironic question, because doctors who struggle to express empathy can come across as robotic.
    Evan Selinger and Thomas Carroll, STAT, 15 Aug. 2024

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