The combination didn't sound appealing, but it worked.

And while these combinations may sound rather startling, they are not so new.

Such a combination sounds contradictory, and for much of the last decade it has been.

At least the ingredients and combinations sounded good.

To Shostakovich, this combination of instruments sounded more like a real bell.

Ingredients and combinations may sound extravagant, but they work beautifully.

One or the other, but the combination sounds silly.

The combination sounds strange, but quickly becomes addictive.

Although the combination sounds garish, it looked refined.

If the combination sounds strange, I can testify that it tastes even stranger.