They could never even rely upon a good singing voice - instead there is that distinctive nasal whine.

From the shuttlecraft came the distinctive whine of phaser fire.

He touched several controls and Picard heard the distinctive whine of phasers powering up.

A moment later he felt the substantial thump, of his front end tagging the Mercedes, heard the distinctive whine of tearing body metal.

The sound passed overhead, the distinctive whine of turbojets on a low throttle setting.

They also make a distinctive whine as the engine revs up - a quality that may turn heads out on the street.

But it is the distinctive whine of the scooters' engines that many find annoying.

Capable of a giddy 25 mph, the buses have a distinctive whine.

A phaser beam shot into the sky, drowning out every other sound on the field with its distinctive high-pitched whine.

He heard the distinctive whine of phase pistols firing just beyond the door to the room's single access tunnel.