It sounded so lame she avoided looking at him.

Anything he tried to say would have sounded lame.

"I realize that sounds pretty lame, but I don't really know."

This sounds pretty lame, but how would it even work?

And this sounds so lame I can't believe it's coming out of my mouth.

It sounded rather lame, but he couldn't think of anything else to say.

Sounded lame, but the left brain had started working on something and this was one of the components.

The words sounded incredibly lame, even to himself, as if he knew they were untrue.

Oh, to try and make things all right grief, that sounds so lame.

Because it is going to sound very lame.