"It sounds awfully disrespectful to just say Marilla," protested Anne.

"It sounds disrespectful somehow to say that about Papa."

I'd have thought it was perfectly obvious, but I didn't want to sound disrespectful.

I don't want to sound disrespectful,' he said, 'but I rather hope that the election doesn't fall to Ortzel.

To some, it may sound disrespectful to use the worlds "Gretzky" and "subordinate" in the same sentence.

Shota, I don't mean this to sound disrespectful, but seeing the future does not provide all the answers.

'That's kind of -' He did not want to sound disrespectful.

I said, without realizing until the words had been spoken that it sounded not only disrespectful, but downright obnoxious.

Using such words sometimes sounds disrespectful, and people will commonly address each other by name, title and honorific even in face-to-face conversations.

I am sure your heart is in the right place, and I am sorry if I sounded disrespectful.