"Har har," Annie shot back-but he sounded truthful about that, and it made her smile again.

It sounds logical and neat; it sounds truthful.

Jane, I ever like your tone of voice: it still renews hope, it sounds so truthful.

But he's agreed to let Old Red fix him up with an appointment to see Mr Remington-Hart, which is sensible, as nothing sounds so truthful as the truth.

George Orwell wrote that political language "is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

Dean Vanderson had sounded truthful in his denial that she'd ever been there.

Orwell said that political prose was formed "to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind".

"Fine," Desai replied, hoping her response sounded more truthful to her friend than it did to her own ears.

Political language-and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists--is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.

In fairness to Robert, I must record that this sounded truthful.