I wondered if August could hear it over there across the room.

I could hear a tiny female voice buzz across the room like a fly.

To be heard across the room, she is obliged to exert herself.

In moments, her purr could be heard across the room.

James sucked in a breath that she could hear across the room.

G-8 heard the footsteps going past him and then across the great room.

But he clearly heard something move across the room.

The dispatcher's voice on the line could be heard halfway across the room.

Her shrieking laugh could be heard all the way across the room.

Then he heard a voice both in his ear and from across the room.