1.   After chafing and lobbying and sounding off, Weld, a Republican, finally gave up his bid for the nomination two months ago.

2.   Dodd occasionally tries to fit his limited denim style into suits that sound off the rack.

3.   Few of the Toronto Raptors even sounded off about possibly being eliminated in the first round of the NBA playoffs for the second straight season.

4.   I linger with the coffee, hoping to hear him sound off one more time, but all is still.

5.   If some of his ideas sound off the wall, some are truly out there.

6.   Of all rights embraced around here, we squeeze sounding off the hardest.

7.   Sounding off Wednesday was Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings, the best-known player in the business.

8.   Such rose-colored views do little to appease Keenan, who has sounded off a few times about personnel problems and is used to having total control over such matters.

9.   The father has sounded off about trash talking and fighting in the National Basketball Association, and hoped his sons would listen more than imitate.

10.   Air raid sirens sounded off nightly and blackouts have been imposed, government officials there said.