Leavitt understands that a house isn't necessarily appealing because it's perfect; in fact, at times, the Wrights' place sounds almost ghastly.

He tried to make light of the whole affair, but his smile was forced, his attempts at flippancy sounded rather ghastly.

A throaty chuckle sounded ghastly in the ears of Soames.

'Sounds pretty ghastly,' and he turned to the Baron.

The cough sounds ghastly - harsh and dry.

"I have been rereading letters I wrote in the 1960s to a girlfriend and I sound so ghastly," she said.

The stuff sounded ghastly, Marcus thought.

The bug place sounds perfectly ghastly.

She gathered up the pillows, hurrying because the moan of the wind at the windows sounded so ghastly, when her heart gave a violent kick.

The very concept of a sonic walking tour of ground zero sounds ghastly.