Which left only one other explanation for the alarm: his lungs were simply falling apart from the constant banging of the respirator.

Continuity among offensive linemen in the N.F.L. is a precious, elusive achievement because of their constant banging, which makes them prone to injuries.

The constant banging of tools made it hard to think.

It freed Johnson up from constant banging, and he was able to penetrate all afternoon and kick out to Barkley and Chambers.

"It's just that I was dealing with a 2 1/2-year-old who would not nap because of the constant banging."

Annoyed by the constant banging of Jolyne's head, due to her humiliation earlier that day, she yelled at her to pipe down.

The doors were in constant banging, the stairs were never at rest, nothing was done without a clatter, nobody sat still, and nobody could command attention when they spoke.

Dimitri knocked his padded head and wondered if this constant banging of his noggin was going to make him silly one day when he got old.

Behind him there was a constant banging and confusion, men yelling in Japanese.

The noise level was battering, mariachi music punctuated by a constant irregular banging of the cleavers whacking whole chickens into quarters and halves.