He was hearing the song all right; the horrible sound pierced his ear drums.

The green countryside here is strangely quiet; the sounds of children only intermittently pierce the silence.

She had barely straightened when the most horrible sound pierced the air.

The sounds of her determined barking nevertheless pierced the quiet lane.

A weird humming sound pierced the air, and people began to step back from the giant pit.

Her voice was so beautifully musical that the sound of it pierced Garion's very soul.

The sound of Mother's squeaky brakes pierces through my ears.

The sound of more fighting pierced the slit windows.

Then the sound of the telephone pierced the silence.

Beyond anything he would have dreamed possible, he screamed, a sound to pierce the soul.