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Example sentences for "sharp report"

  • But Gunson seized the man's wrist instead, gave it a wrench round, there was a sharp report, and the pistol fell heavily on the deck, and was secured by one of the sailors.

  • I had raised my piece at his warning, and drew the trigger; but though there was a sharp report on either side of me, my piece did not speak, and suddenly recollecting that I had forgotten to cock it, I lowered it again.

  • Jarette, and there was a flash of light and a sharp report as he fired a pistol to hit the sailor, or perhaps only to frighten us, for no harm was done.

  • There was a sharp report, a wild cry, and a man who was standing upright in the bows of the first boat toppled over and fell into the sea with a splash of golden water.

  • Mr Frewen took a step forward; there was a sharp report, and he staggered back.

  • Hardly had the words passed his lips before we heard a sharp report, a piercing shriek, and a heavy fall.

  • As he struck the saddle there was a sharp report and he pitched off and sprawled grotesquely on the sand.

  • Illustration: There was a sharp report] "The Bar-20 expectin' you?

  • Illustration: There was a sharp report, a smothered groan, then a heavy fall.

  • There was a sharp report, a smothered groan, then a heavy fall.

  • Suddenly the bushes in front of me caught fire and a bright sheet of flame shot upward and almost simultaneously there was a sharp report.

  • There was a sharp report and a whizzing, rustling noise that died down gradually.

  • The next morning, about breakfast time, the first shell burst near the camp--a short rapid squeal followed by a sharp report.

  • There was a flash of flame, a sharp report, and Westcott sprang aside, gripping the back of a chair.

  • At the same instant a sudden red glare flamed in the black of the open window, accompanied by a sharp report.

  • Instantly there was a sharp report, and a speeding bullet grazed his hair, flattening out against the stone.

  • Then a voice spoke from the bank to the right, followed almost instantly by the flash of a gun and a sharp report.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    danger signal; force pump; much harm; said cheerfully; sharp bark; sharp contrast; sharp edge; sharp fire; sharp glance; sharp instrument; sharp knife; sharp major; sharp point; sharp report; sharp sword; sharp teeth; sharp turn; sharp word; sharply defined; sharply pointed; stirring until; strange sense; twas time; used here; waste away; wherever found