If I Can't Dance

She let the first wave of sound push one of her arms down across the other then switched for the second, arms slithering over her head like snakes on a gorgon’s.

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The Queen's Guardian

The sound of flesh hitting flesh rang in her ears, making it impossible to hear anything else except the rapid pounding sounds.

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The Labyrinth

The sound of her scream echoed in the labyrinth, but there was no answering sound for help as she was twisted around roughly and her cheek was suddenly shoved up against the wall.

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[Prologue] Price of Naivete

As you finish the bowl of now soggy cereal and put on a jacket, the sounds of the angry shouting from next door had ceased.

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EXIOS, Part 1

The creature's ear twitched, and let out a low, rumbling growl, but it was not a threatening sound. instead, it sounded almost like a response, a reflexive acknowledgement of the gentle question.

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Furtasia: Thladiran Language

Think about this for a moment, the 'j' or 'zh' sound as we describe it, is not quite as hard as the 'j' sound in words like 'jar', or 'jack'.

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Chapter Seven

Neither did the sound bounce back endlessly like an echo chamber. awdae knew this hall, even still. ey knew the ways in which there would be pockets of good sound and bad sound throughout the seating.

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Seven Years Later: Chapter 1

The sound had, to shrill a quality to be the howl of wolves, or the yips of coyotes in the dark. no, it was still too early for those sounds, and this sound was, "different."

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Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 53

It was a high-pitched, womanish sound, the sound of a creature in tremendous pain.

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Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter One

Ooh, he liked the sound of that. it sounded like a legend his subjects would write songs about. maybe they'd even send him a friendly maiden or two. he liked friendly maidens. his last pass revealed nothing of the sort.

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Dragon In The Photo.

It wavered, slipped, and then steadied too late to sound like anything but forced. alys didn’t move. didn’t rise, didn’t bare teeth, and didn’t even shift her weight.

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