It sounded too terrible to be true, even for him.

And what would you call it that wouldn't sound so terrible?

I know I made it sound terrible, but that's just the dark side of my life.

"In one class a boy answered according to the newspaper, and it sounded so terrible."

And it is often the case that "great" to an oil trader sounds terrible to everyone else.

"You sound terrible," my friends might say on the phone.

We need someone to tune our piano - it sounds terrible.

Not only the answer but the way he made it sound so terrible convinces me.

"It sounds terrible, but prison is a good place for him," he said.