Above the hum of the generator they could hear another, more insistent sound.

Taggart's voice had the flat, insistent sound of an effort to maintain a trance.

I was hypnotized by the flow of the water, and the gentle, insistent lapping sound against the dock wall.

Even from beyond the closed door, the shrill, insistent sound went through him like a hot needle.

She started to say something when the steady ringing of the telephone bell filled the room with sharply insistent sound.

The last word fell queerly in the little room, with the fire burning cosily and the insistent sounds of the storm at the window.

But everything was quiet, only the drip of water and the insistent sound of that bell.

But before he could even undress Denise, her beeper filled the room with its insistent sound.

"You're right," said Philips as his beeper began its insistent sound.

Parker heard a soft, insistent scraping sound from the bookshelves to her left.