11.   In some consonant clusters, sounds are apt to be elided, ie omitted, in rapid speech.

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

13.   Just as unceasingly are the sounds of argumentation and negation to be heard.

14.   Now there was the sound of a seeming kiss as an airtight hatch in the bottom of the saucer was opened.

15.   Now there were muffled sounds of movement.

16.   On some nights, I would pretend the sounds were ocean waves and I was in a mansion on a nameless beach.

17.   Standing to one side, the sound is muffled and boomy.

18.   The hollow sound was the beginning of the game, not the end.

19.   The only sound was the creak of a sign swinging in the wind.