My father cleared his throat, and the mutterings died down.

My father cleared his throat, forcing us back to awareness of where we were.

Perhaps your father - " The boy's face, puzzled at first, had cleared while she was talking.

When she started to follow Jarret into the loft, however, her father cleared his throat disapprovingly.

Her father cleared his throat and shifted his gaze from his last remaining brother to Sheridan.

Her father cleared his throat and stood up, gazing at his wife in the most steely-eyed way Sheridan had ever seen.

Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence.

When she was gone to put their order in, his father cleared his throat.

The old father cleared his throat, took his cap, and went off to the village elder.

My father cleared his throat and said, "It's best if the Spruills stay out of town for a while.