I can't answer your question did not sound like No to him.

The question sounded more like a prompt than a need to know.

This question sounds like it should have an easy answer.

He paused to check how his next question would sound when it came out.

Tom's question didn't sound like an answer to hers, but it was.

The question sounded more like an invitation to leave than to stay.

The question sounds ridiculous given the millions of words written on his life and work.

For some biologists, such questions no longer sound like science fiction.

She was ready to sit down again, but another question sounded.

Somehow the question didn't sound much better the second time around.