For a blood-chilling ring of terror to the very sound of his name was the tool he needed for the job he'd promised to do.

Just as I got to my knees, there was again the sound of the fence stretching, and I had time only to start taking my kneeling posture seriously.

This time there was no sound of brakes but the shrieking of women.

It was filled with dust and wind and sound and violence.

Ramey heard the words again inside, weakened, the way moving water sounds through a grove of trees, until he was not sure whether it was sound or light-headedness pressing in his ears.

There was a shattering, cracking sound as the concrete started to buckle, the air filled with dust and flying debris, and everyone in the room -- men and women hit the floor and used the desks as turtlebacks, as ordered.

He was pressed far back into the corner of the car on his hay sacks, the rattling and tinning of the wheels on the rails almost covering the sound of his ocarina.

But by the time the papers were finally disposed of, the group had informed the world of its purpose, its recommendations, and its belief that Paul Bang-Jensen was not of sound mind.

that theory was and is sound.

That such expansion can be obtained without a raise in taxes is due to growth of the tax digest and sound fiscal planning on the part of the board of commissioners, headed by Chairman Charles O. Emmerich who is demonstrating that the public trust he was given was well placed, and other county officials.

From the east to the west coast of the Korean peninsula was a strip of land in which fear-filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night, sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound, or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts.

The sound of his footsteps was like a muffled drum.

and then I was adding my own voice to the crescendo of sound, hurling more vile language than I ever thought I knew, sobbing and shouting, and aware that if I had passed water before, it was not enough, for my pants were soaking wet.

Another example is the recent cancellation of the F-108, a long-range interceptor with a speed three times as great as the speed of sound, which was designed for use against manned bombers in the period of the mid-1960's.

In many cases the revolutionary production has offered no more than sensational effects: the first hearing was fascinating and the second disillusioning as the gap between sound and substance became clearer.

Also, it should be noted that the polytonal freedom of his melodies and harmonic modulations, the brilliant orchestrations, the adroitness for evading the heaviness of figured bass, the skill in florid counterpoint were not lost in his mature output, even in the spectacular historical dramas of the stage and cinema, where a large, dramatic canvas of sound was required.

The sound discoveries of this quixotic genius were so diluted by those of fantasy that the prize was never awarded to him.

Earlier, this woman had been so filled with a chaotic variety of introjects that at times, when she was in her room alone, it would sound to a passerby as though there were several different persons in the room, as she would vocalize in various kinds of voice.

The plaster was sound, the intonaco firmly attached all over, and the pigment solidly incorporated with it in all but a few unimportant places.

If he is not told which of four or five readings was meant for him, he can more readily assess each item in a larger frame: `` Does that statement really sound as if it were for me, significant in my particular life??

Bursting from the lips of a charging cavalry trooper was the last sound heard on this earth by untold numbers of Cheyennes, Sioux and Apaches, Mexican banditos under Pancho Villa, Japanese in the South Pacific, and Chinese and North Korean Communists in Korea.

It was obviously the sound of this argument that caused Lizzie to close her door.

* flanger-to create an unusual sound, a delayed signal is added to the original signal with a continuously variable delay ( usually smaller than 10 ms ).

The band played regularly on a Tulsa, Oklahoma radio station, and added Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar, pianist Al Stricklin, drummer Smokey Dacus, and a horn section that expanded the band's sound.

The main use of diacritical marks in the Latin alphabet is to change the sound value of the letter to which they are added.

Other equipment could or can be added to the basic DJ setup ( above ), providing unique sound manipulations.

Some club DJs use a subharmonic synthesizer effect which either doubles low frequencies with energy added an octave lower or synthesizes harmonics such that the impression of a very low bass sound is added to the mix.

Often dialogue was changed, and the show became less " Serious " in tone compared to the Japanese version, instead featuring more jokes and added dialogue, along with a completely different musical score ( usually orchestral music ) and completely different sound effects, due to licensing issues.

The first all-colour sound feature ( shot silent but with a soundtrack added ) was released in the year and was entitled A Romance of Seville ( 1929 ).

In this case, one or two strap buttons can usually be added to the guitar, or a " classical guitar strap " ( also called a " guitar harness " or " neck strap ") can be used, which supports the guitar by hooking into the sound hole.

In this scene, the distant sound of Godzilla's footsteps was added to the US version.

Vocals may be used as merely an added sound effect, a common practice with bands such as the experimental Naked City.

Jones ' basslines have been described as melodic and his keyboard playing added a classical touch to the band's sound.

Pollution is the adding-of / added light itself, in analogy to added sound, carbon dioxide, etc.

Nasal airflow may be added as an independent parameter to any speech sound.

A third built-in speaker was added to the 12-inch model for improved midrange sound.

To achieve a broader, more progressive palette of sound, Alex Lifeson began to experiment with classical and twelve-string guitars, and Geddy Lee added bass-pedal synthesizers and Minimoog.

Back up singers Carla Day and Melanie Jackson were also added in 1989 to boost the group's vocal sound onstage.

In particular, French words that end in a silent e ( a schwa, eu, such as femme ) and words that end in a pronounced consonant and which usually have an e muet added at the end ( such as flic ) retain the sound of the e muet in verlan.

The new sound chip and MIDI out abilities were exposed to the BASIC programming language with the command PLAY and a new command SPECTRUM was added to switch the machine into 48K mode, keeping the current BASIC program intact ( although there is no way to switch back to 128K mode ).

The voiceless glottal fricative / h / had been omitted in the 1977 syllabary, but it has been added back into later editions, because it is an important distinctive sound in the Sauk language ( Müller 1994 ).

If done correctly it is very hard for audiences to tell what sounds were added and what sounds were originally recorded ( location sound ).

* flanger-to create an unusual sound, a delayed signal is added to the original signal with a continuously variable delay ( usually smaller than 10 ms ).

She added the "- gle " to make it sound less demeaning and more " cuddly ".