"I can't do anything about them," she said, sounding depressed.

He had never seen the Englishman looking and sounding so depressed.

She had meant to be comforting, but even to herself the words sounded depressed.

He sounded depressed, all the fight knocked out of him.

The driver sounded depressed now that the truth was dawning on him.

"You sound depressed," my mother said two sentences into the conversation.

The lines on his face had deepened, and he looked and sounded depressed.

She sounds depressed or maybe it's just simple confusion.

One owner after another rang up, and without exception sounded depressed.

Now he was the one who sounded depressed.