A dozen times in the darkness you are half awake, and listening drowsily to the sounds of the storm.
Well," I says, "she soundskind of like a medicine to me.
As I hearn their hoof-sounds getting farther off, I lifts up my head agin.
It sounds odd, but the truth is that Prentiss McMakin was always a more convincing sort of a person when he had been drinking a little than when he was sober.
Little was said as they rode, for every ear was on the alert to catch any sounds from the main street, lest, mayhap, their course should be traced, and they should be followed.
The part of the house in which they were was very quiet; but the sounds from the country came more readily to the ear than those proceeding from the town.
Thus saying, he left the room, and bent his steps at once toward the little hall, leaving at some distance on the right the great dining-hall, from which loud sounds of merriment were breaking forth.
Now I will buy me a viol of my own; for neighbor Pierrot says I spoil his, just because I make it give out sounds that he can not.
Jean Charost's heart beat quick, though there seemed no definite link of connection between his own fate and the soundshe heard.
My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty--sounds imposing, eh?
A series of hisses, similar to the sounds that Dacres had heard when he first beheld the "Meteor," announced that the contents of several of the ballonettes were being pumped out and forced into the metal cylinders.
Presently his ready ear detected the sounds of footsteps plodding methodically along the hard tarred road.
H'm, this sounds interesting," he soliloquized, for anything in connexion with aviation appealed to him.
That sounds terrible," said Edward; "and does not speak much for the good feeling of the cousin.
All sounds of life ceased in the house; nothing could be heard but the rushing wind without, and the bark of the yard-dog occasionally amid the laughing blast.
Although there was no one near to inform me by what beast the haughty and impressive sounds which echoed through the wilderness were produced, I had little difficulty in divining.
When this occurs, every member of each troop sounds a bold roar of defiance at the opposite parties; and when one roars, all roar together, and each seems to vie with his comrades in the intensity and power of his voice.
This sounds much like a mere flourish of rhetoric; but it is not so.
Allah akbar, Islam, sounds through the souls, and whole daily existence, of these dusky millions.
In her opinion Bridgie's explanation had been singularly inadequate, and she was filled with indignation at the babel ofsounds which drowned her conclusion.
You are a dear, kind Therese, and it all soundstoo charming, but I am afraid it cannot be done.
The New Year has come, and to greet its arrival such a clashing of bells, such an outburst of strange and jangling sounds as fairly deafened the listening ears.
It sounds cruel, Cecilia, and yet I must say it: against your pride.
Above the whole sublime assemblage of sounds wailed out that fearful note of the fallen cherub; and the fainting of Lucia, at the close of the Sextette, I felt sure was not a feigned one.
Several times the subject left the bedroom, but he was able to pick up sounds familiar enough to trace as emanating from the living room or kitchen.
He drummed his fingers over and over on the arm of his chair and listened to the every-day sounds of a normal day at the Homicide Bureau.
You can't really make out the words he's saying, but right in the middle of his mumbling you hear what sounds like 'taking in washing.
From beyond the wall he caught the sounds of suitcases being snapped shut, followed by the fading echo of footsteps.
I know it sounds noble and all that but I couldn't let him go to his death for something I'd done.
The phonetic laws of the Escuara are simple; the sounds most frequently employed are the sibilants, nasals, and hard gutturals; the soft consonants are often suppressed between two vowels.
The sounds mean nothing, that I know of, in any language.
The seventh pair of shoes were almost worn out when she came to a city, and heard sounds of music.
She arrives at the castle and goes in, and she hears music and sounds of rejoicing everywhere, and yet she did not see anyone.
It sounds strange to say there's any fun in that, but there is.
All this talksounds frightfully vulgar, but--there's no use pretending, is there?
Now that I see it in type, it sounds even more foolish than I thought it was.
High-nosed dames will surpass eminent judges in their temerity on the border-line where Ahem sounds the warning note to curtained decency.
Or cry out the word in an amphitheatre of Alpine crags,--it sounds at home.
In the babbling exercises recommended, he will gradually come to utter many of the vowel and consonant sounds of his native language; especially those that are made by the lips, and by evident positions of the tongue.
When he is successful in that, the vowel sounds may be uttered not far from his ear, but behind him.
We cannot, at that age, establish a system of responses, nor expect him to imitate the sounds he hears.
Clapping the hands is a good initial test of a crude nature; then a moderate whistle, varying the pitch, for sometimes high sounds are perceived, but not low ones, or vice versa.
Later, when some vocabulary has been acquired through these auricular exercises, it is often desirable to return to the Acousticon and teach the child to use it, in order to extend the distance at which sounds can be heard.
Using thesesounds at different pitches, and with different intensities and distances, a sufficiently accurate estimate can be formed of the degree of his hearing power so far as his present needs are concerned.
The hearing child arrives at the association of meaning with the sounds of words only after very many repetitions.
Sounds should be used for testing that disturb only the air, and are not sufficiently low and powerful to set in vibration the floor, chair, or any other object with which he may be in contact.
If the sounds of speech are not clearly heard the imitation of them will always be imperfect, and the acquisition of language will be impeded.
If, after a time, a distance and a degree of loudness are found that enable him to recognize these sounds with unfailing accuracy, or at least 90 per cent.
If his hearing is not too seriously impaired, he will begin to attempt to imitate spoken soundsby the time he is twenty-four to thirty months old.
So the afternoon passed amidst the sights and sounds of the September country.
I know how the whisper of a voice you love sounds to you in the middle of a black night, when you think you can't bear another minute of pain.
As the number of separate vocal sounds is few, only a few characters are needed.
There were sounds of lowered voices, and crying children.
It sounds odd, but it seems to be a very good way of getting on with young men.
But there are sounds once heard that live for ever in the mind.
She moved stormily to and fro, listening to the distant sounds of talk in the hall, and resenting them.
Instead of diminishing the strange sounds actually increased in volume.
Indeed, Steve was of the opinion that possibly two persons were scuffling over there by the supply wagon; for he likened the queer sounds to half-suppressed breathing, and such struggles as wrestlers might indulge in.
Then again at times sounds that were not at all familiar came to their ears.
The strange sounds kept up, and in an increased ratio, Steve figured.
Would a bear, for instance, be apt to make such snorting sounds when searching the wagon for some prize tidbit that its keen scent told it was to be found there?
Without the gates of the city all was chill and drear, but within the sounds of music and revelry could be heard on every hand; for it was the twelfth night, and the feast of the Epiphany.
Sweet is it to Him when the voice of youth sounds His praises.
Often by the bright fire-light in the early evening every member of the household might be seen at work on the various stages of wool manufacture or some of its necessary adjuncts, and varied and cheerful industrial sounds fill the room.
If sounds of distress filtered through the door, it was only when matters seemed particularly hopeless.
The Alexandrian gentleman--who sounds a decided fop--did not approve of a Doric pronunciation.
That sounds as if we were afraid of getting swelled head ourselves--at least anybody might take it that way.
That sounds easy," returned Ervic, who had listened carefully.
You could not hear it, I know, but when I am holding my wand in my hand I can hear sounds a great distance off.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sounds" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
