The bridge was silent except for the occasional ping of the automatic instruments.

There was the occasional ping and ricochet from distant parts of the room, and a small tinkle as an oil lamp was smashed.

The great flaming bird sat on the tarmac, stiff and rigid on its three slender legs, emitting only the occasional ping!

For now, then, the only sound on the small ship's flight deck was the occasional ping from the navigational shields and sensor array, as various particles of ring and moon debris were contacted in the orbital path.

The pumps coughed, the electronics gear gThinaVe an occasional hot ping.

Though thePrincess Cecile had reached the troposphere by now, occasional pings indicated damage from air molecules.

The pianos provide occasional ping and trills of other birds in the background.

I could hear the faint chatter of a typewriter from somewhere down the hall and the occasional ping of the steam pipes in my office.

After another minute of foul-mooded grumblings and the occasional ping of a kicked tool rebounding off a bulkhead, Vumelko slouched down the gangway, looking more than a little worse for wear.

Ammunition burned in harmless corkscrews through the sky and an occasional ping on the armor.