1.   Apart from her own breathing, the ticking of the bedside clock was the only sound.

2.   Every few steps I stopped and shouted, but the only sound in that wild, lonely place was the wind.

3.   From the garden, no other property is visible and the only sound is that of birdsong.

4.   He commented patronisingly that almost the only sounds he heard from Baldwin during Cabinets were the rhythmic sucking of his pipe.

5.   Here the only sound was the faint hum of the air-filters overhead.

6.   It was a hot, humid day, and the only sound was the buzzing of insects.

7.   Soon the only sound came from the carousing in the hall below.

8.   The only other sound to be heard was the chirping of birds.

9.   The only sound came from the ticking of a clock.

10.   The only sound in the house was the ticking of the clock.