1.   He was trying to turn it round and make it sound positive.

2.   This sounds strangely positive to me.

3.   But the Republicans were not sounding so positive.

4.   Despite the setback, delegates on all sides tried to sound positive.

5.   EPA officials from Washington have recently been on Premium Standard Farms property, Arnot said, but reports from those inspectors sounded positive.

6.   He sounded very positive about the university.

7.   One can only surmise that to the trained pitchperson, it sounds more positive, more flattering, than semiprofessional or amateur.

8.   Still, he sounded positive when it came to forging an overall agreement.

9.   That got Novak back to deuce, but Johansson kept pushing, and the Swedish cheering section kept sounding positive.

10.   Whether the voices of future Web sites are male or female, extroverted or introverted, direct or indirect, they will all sound very positive.