The sharp noises began again in a little while and then stopped.

A noise of war began to sound in earnest, not just as rumors.

Her mind would commence to race, and the noise began.

I didn't care, only his noise began to worry me.

After a time, the noises took on definition and began to suggest the presence of something else.

Then the noise began to beat at them from the back.

The heat and noise of my own life began to ebb.

There was a short silence, and then the noise began again, worse than ever.

"Or better still I could hide myself before the noises begin."

But at the same time the noise was beginning to draw away.