When she had completed the sequence and two more armored figures crowded the little space, the voice spoke again.

But by then Hal knew differently. . . Curled up in a lonely ball beneath the sheets, he felt the grisly figures crowd round his bed once again - and once again he survived by summoning his protector.

Other figures crowded around the man who held that torch.

Monumental figures crowd the foreground while a helicopter carries away a couple on a skyhook.

Several other figures crowded behind her.

Behind him, impact-armored figures were crowding in.

Behind Lal Singh Yusuf ibn Suleiman in his Arab finery grinned like a bearded mountain devil, and fifty wild figures with rifles and tulwars crowded the chamber.

The weaving and gesticulation became feverish, and the caped figures crowded more closely around the dais.

Dark figures crowded around her, and the old wooden inn was alive with the shuffling of men and women.

The feast is well attended; over 130 figures crowd the painting, and not a single one is visibly speaking.