Sounds

Examples

• It comes this way--comes very faSt. How loud sounds its rattle on the paved path! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Vholes gives it a rap, and it sounds as hollow as a coffin. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• For an hour I have heard the sounds of conflict within the palace. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The old traditions of the place steal upon his memory and haunt his reveries, and then his fancy clothes all sights and sounds with the supernatural. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She had not far retraced her steps when sounds in front of her betokened the approach of persons in conversation along the same path. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It may be that he sounds a note of preparation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And yet it sounds like him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The sounds of conflict, the clash of arms, the shouting and the hurrying of many feet came to us from various parts of the temple. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• That rapid medley of sounds, and lo! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The speed with which sounds travels through the air, or its velocity, was first measured by noting the interval (54. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• When the sounds ceased, the Grand Master glanced his eye slowly around the circle, and observed that the seat of one of the Preceptors was vacant. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Edison constructed a primitive machine capable of recording and reproducing sounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Sounds that he was not afraid of, for he divined their meaning, then began to be audible. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• In a thick crowd of sounds, but still intelligibly enough to be understood. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• That sounds like stage-talk, don't it? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It is the same case with particular sounds, and tastes and smells. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Bell studied this closely, discussed it with Wheatstone, and decided that he would devote himself to the problems of reproducing sounds mechanically. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Without vain waste of breath in crying for help where there were none to hear, she ran towards the spot from which the sounds had come. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The sounds produced by the vocal cords are transformed into speech by the help of the tongue and lips, which modify the shape of the mouth cavity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I do not know what it means, but it sounds wonderfully charming. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The myriad noises of the jungle seemed far distant and hushed to a mere echo of blurred sounds, rising and falling like the surf upon a remote shore. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The many sounds become so deadened that the change is like putting cotton in the ears, or having the head thickly muffled. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• That sounds well. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It sounds like it, said Edmund; but which way did you turn after passing Sewell's farm? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The swimming-bladders or sounds, besides being highly nutritious, supply, if rightly prepared, isinglass equal to the best of that which is brought from Russia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It sounds horrid, don't it? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Miss March: Dear Madam-- How nice it sounds! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• To tell you the truth, I think he is; though it sounds bold in me to say so, for you must know him far better than I do. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• That sentence sounds like an echo. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Provisions for a company of soldiers sounds formidable. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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