The faint ticking of the mantel clock sounded like the beating of a heart.

The only sound was the faint ticking of the clock on her bedside table.

Now for my last--let me look back a moment; The slower fainter ticking of the clock is in me, Exit, nightfall, and soon the heart-thud stopping.

Now one clock was set in motion, a faint ticking.

He could smell wet leaves and wet soil and wet bark and hear the last faint ticking of the rain.

And then they heard the faint ticking.

The faint ticking of a clock somewhere mingled with his own uneven breathing.

Time seemed to elongate in the near-silence, and McCoy became acutely aware of the faint ticking of the clock on the desk.

Turning it, he heard a faint ticking, and noticed an almost imperceptible shift in the rank of lights.

Except for the faint ticking of the clock on the mantel.