All the way along the hall to the elevator, Valet's claws ticked softly on the vinyl-tile flooring.

His wristwatch ticked softly beside him: one o'clock, one-thirty.

Very carefully, she shoved the shard into its slot, and the accompanying switch began to tick softly.

The metal ticked softly as it cooled.

At two o'clock he heard his wristwatch ticking softly.

There was a grandfather clock taller than Reacher, ticking softly to itself once a second.

Very faintly, off to her left, she could hear many clocks ticking softly.

He hears the engine ticking softly to itself as it cools.

He glanced at the ornate eighteenth-century clock ticking softly on one curved wall.

The late Empire-period pendulum clock on the marble mantelpiece ticked softly, steadily.