The sound of his heart beneath her ear sounded natural, familiar.

He was breathing harder now, his heart racing beneath her ear.

She could hear the sound of his heartbeat beneath her ear.

Plainly visible beneath the victim's right ear was the mark.

He was quiet, but his heart raced beneath her ear.

There was a tiny brown age spot beneath her right ear.

A pulse beat quick in the artery beneath his ear.

There's a cell phone wedged beneath his ear, to which he seems only to be listening.

He took the blow on his shoulder and went for a nerve pinch beneath my ear.

She could hear the pounding of his heart beneath her ear.