August 6: Let’s take Ghost Pictures!
But as we approached the music room, we heard the metronome inside ticking. chills ran down to my spine once more and the two of us were frozen in place.
The Clockwork Falcon - part 14: the Black Prison
The small, inset plumbing fixtures were capable of being turned off from the outside to avoid flooding, and one particularly ambitious guard had come up with the idea to make the tap drip like a constant metronome.
Embers of Dawn: Chapter 14: The Glen Between Shadows
“last chance,” ilvirur warned, tail swaying like a smug metronome. “share axton or i _tell._” shoulders slumped in defeat, arms crossing, “fine. just don’t tell.”
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 12
They stared in disbelief as their father sat back down as if nothing had happened, leaving the knife to sway back and forth in the middle of the wooden landscape like a metronome, its shadow stretched long and wide across their shocked faces.
The Leaves of Fall: Epilogue
Bepper, reading the label \>studying it \>in the darkness crickets chirp in a steady, organic metronome \>and when she's finally found those words, she turns her amber eyes to the moon, letting the light fill her and trace her in a glow \>she's ready
Their Color
His tail swished against the floor as he played, the fuzzy tip making just enough contact to beat a light and steady rhythm, a metronome in time with his playing.
Sky Dogs
Above me, a grey, serpent-like figure swept lazily from left to right, moving with a rhythm like the metronome of an antique clock. how strange. i juggled the stone still in my left paw and continued on the path once more.
Sirius: Book one - The Beginning: Chapter 3: The Great White North
Jasyn caught himself hypnotized by the straying metronome of fur and flesh, watching with rapt attention the way they each threaded into axis' spine just over his- the rocking of the ship as it set down upon a nearby rooftop yanked jasyn from his thoughts
New Generation of Heroes: Chapter 10 - "Burdens"
His totem had ceased its sparking, and instead it rocked gently against his chest, back and forth like a metronome. someone or something was whistling, the pleasant note rising and rising. rhykard found the sound comforting. he didn't want it to stop.
Reflections
The ripples of the water seemed to dance in sync with time. " heh, this could be a metronome... " he said with a subdued tone. jake sat at the edge of the monstrous lake, trying to think of anything other than what had occurred two hours ago.
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 14
She said, rocking the both of them left and right like a metronome. kiana alternated between laughing and gasping for air. she couldn't remember the last time she'd been hugged so vigorously by so many different people in quick succession.
A Tail for Two - The Final Chapter
The more mechanical and metronomic it sounded, the easier it was for me to lose track of my thoughts. i'm not sure if it was because my mind got bored, or if i found comfort in things that didn't change.