He gave a little cough and looked at me.

But he had once given a little cough exactly like Block so often gave.

I punctuated it with a little cough before turning back to my computer.

The thought made me long all at once for a cigarette, and I gave a dry little cough.

The phone on his desk gave a little cough.

There was a little cough, no more than a clearing of throat, in the dark behind them.

She tried to ward it off in a little cough.

For a time he was silent, then he gave a little cough.

At the sound of the apologetic little cough he gave, she looked up sharply, with a start.

Her reasons do not concern us," I added, with a little cough.