21.   Hearing the distinctive sound of a fingernail on a blackboard, this panelist objected.

22.   Her distinctive sound is dusky in color yet radiant.

23.   His distinctive sound reflects an upbringing during which he bounced between South Africa and the United States.

24.   In time, Chesnutt developed a distinctive sound, blending true grit with down-home wit.

25.   It finds the Boston-based band growing and stretching, while maintaining its distinctive sound.

26.   New Yorker-Floridians because of their numbers and distinctive sounds suffer disproportionately from negative stereotyping.

27.   Russian music had a distinctive sound and tradition, as did French, German and Spanish music.

28.   The Glenn Miller orchestra owed its distinctive sound to its instrumentation.

29.   The metal, he says, possesses a sound as distinctive as its appearance.

30.   The sandals flip up and then flop back on the ground when you walk, thus making a distinctive sound.