Christ, I thought, maybe old Bill had a right to sound reproachful.

Mac said, sounding surprised and rather reproachful, "You're not thinking, Eric."

But he tried to keep from sounding reproachful when he spoke.

She was trying not to sound fririous and reproachful, a raging wife.

I was trying to sound reproachful, but I couldn't help laughing.

His silence sounded more reproachful than shouted curses would have.

He did his best to sound reproachful but his plump face was made for mirth, and he could not help smiling.

I could not think of anything to say that would not sound reproachful.

"I have been waiting," a woman's voice said, sounding reproachful.

But he didn't sound reproachful; he simply wanted to know.