The stick cracked and the bartender quickly yanked his swinging hand to his chest.

Before the stick could crack his faceplate, the policeman disappeared.

The ropes dug into his flesh, then the stick cracked like a pistol shot.

Other sticks were cracking now and above the sound were the human cries of pain and terror.

Quite clearly and emphatically, and only a yard or so away from the back of the shelter, a stick cracked.

Tom tried to duck, but the stick cracked against his skull.

A dry stick cracked behind him and he swung around.

But not quite quickly enough; a stick cracked under somebody's foot, and the little monster whipped about.

The stick cracked Clayton solidly on the side of his head.

A stick cracked as if being broken for a fire.