He remained motionless, though the single chime of another hour made him twitch.

Further conversation was cut off by the sound of a single chime that reverberated throughout the house.

In response to that single chime still hanging in the air, laughter and talking trailed off to respectful whispers.

A single high chime interrupted his thoughts - and the conversations around him.

A single long chime sounded, and the attendant closed the coach door.

From some inner room came the single chime of a clock marking the half hour.

From somewhere inside the house, a single chime rang.

The single chime of a church clock rang out suddenly in the darkness.

The single deep chime of the clock intruded, signifying the quarter hour.

A single dull harmonic chime sounds, dissonant, unheard except by those few who understand all too well what it means.