The fire crackled nearby, sending shadows dancing.

Then, at 7:30 p.m., lightning bolts crackled nearby.

A contact radio was crackling nearby, blaring the latest street reports into the IRA hideout.

And she could hear the echoing sound of voices, male voices, and heavy footsteps crackling through the undergrowth nearby.

Noise crackled nearby; sparks flicked out of the fire in the turret aperture, rising and fading in the rain.

Something crackled in the brush nearby, galvanizing him into action, first lunging, then crawling awkwardly, to reach the Sword.

Ayla sat alone on her fur staring at the small hearth fire that snapped and crackled nearby.

With crossfire between Bosnian and Serbian positions crackling nearby, the officer radioed for instructions, and was told to leave.

Another bolt crackled into the deck nearby, then two struck the body in close succession.

"What I hope is, no Arabs," he said, as a fire made of brambles and olive branches crackled nearby.