There was nothing but the background hiss of the universe.

His hollow voice, blending at times into a continuous background hiss, comes out of Michael's comp.

I waited for more, but the audio gave me nothing except a background hiss.

Closing his eyes, he centers himself in the background hiss of climate-control.

Even the background hiss of his implant seemed muted.

He heard the identifying background hiss of Dirac communication.

The background hiss seemed still to be there once the tape had been stopped.

At first he heard nothing at all except a slight background hiss, perhaps some sort of static interference.

Only the background hiss of the universe, laughing at him.

For long moments he heard nothing but background hiss and crackle.