It was a quick, almost furtive sound.

In the silence Jilian heard a furtive sound.

I hesitated, listening for furtive sounds on the far side of the locked door, and then I struck a flame.

Sometimes there were furtive sounds of music.

She prowled the suite anyway, listening for furtive sounds, looking behind furniture.

She heard a furtive sound and glanced up from the novel she was reading.

But there were furtive sounds behind him, and he turned, fighting to stay on his feet.

Footsteps outside on the street were matched by furtive sounds from inside the houses as the home owners watched anyone who passed by.

Someone coughed, a furtive sound in the upper seats of the arena between colonnades.

There was a furtive sound in the house.