But to himself he sounded more hysterical than confident.

He sounded hysterical and apologetic," Laurie told him, "because he'd been trying to reach Father, and couldn't.

Something that probably sounded quite absurdly hysterical.

But it sounds so melodramatic and hysterical.

The stalwartly rational chant in her head had started to sound decidedly hysterical about halfway across the long, empty expanse between the sensor arrays and here.

And any allegations you may lay against him will sound hysterical and alarmist .

Which sounds totally hysterical," she added.

My initial reaction was to scream my head off, but instead I forced myself to laugh-it ended up sounding a little too hysterical to be lighthearted.

The words do not sound hysterical and self-serving.

Her voice was pitched higher than she had intended, and it sounded shrill and hysterical.