She sounded perilously close to tears.

A couple of incidents sounded perilously close to rape.

Murder came out sounding perilously close to moider.

The men waved to Jeremy but continued with what sounded perilously close to being an argument.

His creepy words sounded perilously close to a threat against New York police officers, but he wasn't entirely wrong.

"You were the ones who wanted to cook dinner," Kyle said, sounding perilously close to tears.

This time the wan chuckle sounded perilously close to a sob.

"Companion series" sounds perilously like spinoff, but "Stargate" terminology is to be respected.

She hated to ask this; it sounded perilously like begging.

He sighed, a sound that sounded perilously close to a sob.