1.   The girl sounded worse the more I listened to her.

2.   And it sounds worse coming from the mouths of babes, or teenagers, especially when the babes heard it first from their Generation-F parents.

3.   If these words had come from some of the obviously smarmy coaches in college football, they would have sounded worse.

4.   It sounds worse than it is.

5.   On Monday night, Israeli officials were scratching their heads over the clarification, wondering if it sounded even worse.

6.   Payton thinks it sounds worse than it is, though he does acknowledge there are some trouble spots.

7.   That sounds worse than being bald.

8.   The latest scandal sounds worse.

9.   This is not some routine bureaucratic report that sounds worse than it is.

10.   Waddell knew his coach, Curt Fraser, was prone to explosions but this one sounded worse than usual.