He was getting emotion from him like static on a line.

For a few seconds there was only static on television screens across America.

I tried him at the theater first, but could barely hear the phone ring through the static on the line.

It's the first day in weeks there hasn't been static on the line.

There was a second or two of static on the screen, then a new image began to form.

And there was a great deal of static on the line.

Finally, they could see nothing but static on the screen.

When he looked back, there was only static on the screen.

Took an age, stood listening to the static on the line.

There was a lot of static on that channel too.