She put it down carefully and tried to sound matter-of-fact.

She was astonished at the anger in her voice when she'd meant to sound matter-of-fact.

He made it sound so matter-of-fact, and there was no mistaking the respect in his voice.

Paul was a little stung, but tried to sound matter-of-fact.

"I'm in a bit of trouble," she said, trying to sound matter-of-fact.

"the hell i did," the younger man said, trying to sound matter-of-fact.

She tried to sound matter-of-fact, but the uncertainty of it was still pretty daunting.

There was no particular threat in his voice; he sounded merely matter-of-fact.

He sounded matter-of-fact but I knew his heart was breaking.

She managed to sound matter-of-fact rather than sultry, with some effort.