I thought that this would sound impressive, but it provoked no response.

It sounded impressive as hell but there hadn't been anything to see.

This sounds pretty impressive until one goes beyond the numbers.

Though she didn't fully understand the significance, it sounded impressive.

It sounds impressive until you consider that he's won 97.4 percent of his matches.

The words may sound very positive and impressive, but what do they actually mean?

I listed the jobs, none of which sounded any more impressive than they had in fact been.

This wasn't true, but was put in because bang sounded more impressive.

I have a black belt, which sounds a lot more impressive than it really is.

She had no idea what those words meant, but they certainly sounded impressive.