The statement may sound slightly facetious, but Mr. Hartke means it.

His attempt to sound facetious was not altogether convincing, and nobody smiled.

"The question might sound facetious, but I assure you it isn't."

Boris might sound facetious, but Sascha was relieved by his compliance.

I'd ask who else you think it could have been," Duncan replied, "but I shouldn't like to sound facetious.

Especially if she has to help us shift big-daddy drone pods, and Damia tried to sound facetious.

She wanted to sound skeptical or cynical or even facetious, but that wasn't the way her words sounded even in her own ears.

Why do I always sound facetious and unconvincing when I talk about politics?

I don't think hunting for this beast is going to be very much like a caribou-hunt,' said Gil, trying not to sound facetious.

A month ago, he would have sounded facetious.