The sirens sounded nearby as I rushed up behind Devon.
A clattering sounded nearby, within a cloud of roiling smoke.
A loud explosion sounded somewhere nearby; she felt a wave of heat and suddenly the ceiling split open like a ripe fruit.
Then another crash sounded nearby, somewhere else in the salvage yard.
He jumped violently when a step sounded nearby.
Before the singer could reply, a horn sounded nearby.
She was startled awake every morning by a single gunshot sounding somewhere nearby.
A clunking noise, similar to a hammering on metal, sounded nearby.
Hoofsteps sounded nearby, and the crashing sound of horses moving through brush.
The first time I put my head near the compass-pyx, the air nearby sounded with a thin whining from some invisible source.