When the spell wasn't working, his lines began to sound silly.

All this might sound a little silly, and it is.

"No, that sounds silly, but you certainly go right to the heart of things."

But I tell you boys, and it may sound silly, we never did find the spot.

Perhaps this sounds silly; but I have an idea that his is my work, which none other can do.

Don't hesitate to use them even if they sound silly or have to be kept private.

"But this one would sound so silly in the expressing."

And I want to ask you something that may sound silly.

It sounds silly to say that a 7-4 team is in trouble.

The word started being used in the 1970s to show that gender specific language could sound silly.