Sentences with phrase «clatter of»

By Robert Wilson The sweet strains of a Puccini aria cut through the Saturday night clatter of the busy Italian restaurant in New York City, but it wasn't coming from the aging voice of the Sicilian baritone who was hired to belt out favorites like Funiculi - Funicula.

The buttons are stiff and clicky; it's nitpicking, perhaps, but just as was the case with the Fire TV remote, the plasticky clatter of the keys soon became annoying.

The new Querkywriter S keyboard reproduces the clatter of a classic typewriter — making you feel like a high - tech Hemingway.

Some issues should rise above the clatter of Capitol Hill discord.

Smells of cooking, distant clatter of plates.

Selection by the gallery insures careful consideration of the artist's voice amidst the clatter of contemporary cultural conversation.

Other than the clatter of a slide - tray as it works its way around a carousel, this means listening to silence, more accurately, to the white noise of an exhibition...

The tattoos, body adornments, clatter of trucks on the concrete and the heat from the Indonesian sun were an assault on the senses and within 10 minutes she was hooked.

The clatter of slot machines and jazzy tunes provide a thrilling casino atmosphere.

To hear the clatter of hoofs on the ancient cobblestones as you pass the tiny ally ways and maybe Dante Aligheri's house or Leonardo da Vinci's studio is a fascinating experience back in time.

Federal scientists blame successive building booms, the clatter of civilization, encroachment by nonnative vegetation and predation by crows, ravens, cats and dogs for the demise of the tiny gray and white birds that lay their eggs in small sandy depressions with easy access to ocean water.

Then the peace of my wood cabin is shattered by an almighty clatter of corrugated iron and a banging -LSB-...]

We were alone in his back garden, my mother and I and a candle he lit on the table to combat with its tiny, glowing warmth the terrible fluorescent lighting that radiated, along with the cooking smells and clatter of pans, from the kitchen.

On Sunday, October 24, 2004, nearly two months after he left New York, Uncle Joseph woke up to the clatter of gunfire.

Terry turned on her heel and walked away, and the cafeteria fell silent except for the clatter of trays and silverware in the kitchen.

The blind flocked toward the manège from all quarters of the capital in an unending clatter of clogs and sticks, and in such confusion that the police were obliged to close the entire area to traffic for several hours.

But there was no time for pain, not with the knife gripped, slick in her hand, or the faint clatter of footsteps getting louder.

And while Mercedes - Benz does a good job of masking the clatter of the diesel engine, it isn't wholly tuned out.

The clatter of the diesel engine might also throw off some potential buyers who prefer the quiet idling of the gasoline engine alternatives.

The Hybrid is the best Q50 in the range for interior refinement, with none of the clatter of the diesel engine, near - silent running at low speeds and a smooth hum under acceleration.

A chink in this armour is that the distinct clatter of the 2.2 - litre four - cylinder engine can be heard across the cabin.

No whirring of a starter motor, no clatter of injectors, and no bark as contained explosions push cylinders.

Thicker windows and more soundproofing means you'll the clatter of the diesel engine when accelerating.

The clatter of air guns will echo through Brookfield Place, the heart of Toronto's financial district, when the Corvette Racing crew stages a pit stop demonstration at midday on Wednesday, August 26.

Standing outside the car, the clatter of direct injection from under the hood was obvious.

The clatter of air guns will echo through Brookfield Place, the heart of Toronto's financial...

At idle, the EcoDiesel option made itself known by the clatter of its injectors, that distinct diesel chatter underneath the whir of pumps.

Identifying badges were removed, and the clatter of a pint - size diesel emanated from beneath the hood.

There's a clatter of metal as we hammer across a cattle grid but the suspension remains unflustered — there's no wallow, just tight control.

When you're cruising down the interstate in the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel, you're pretty happy, because there's enough acoustic insulation to isolate you from the diesel's clatter of combustion (though it's loud if you're standing outside the car), and the real strength of the Cruze chassis compared to its competition lies in its composure on the highway.

«Road noise thrums around the cockpit, the clatter of the odd stray chipping reminding you of the P1's carbon construction.

This hardly comes as a surprise, as much as we miss the delicious clatter of Porsche's flat - sixes.

How It Drives Squeeze yourself into the driver's seat (it's not a spacious interior) and twist the ignition, and you'll be rewarded not with the diesel clatter of a military - spec engine, but the outrageous roar and rumble of Mercedes - Benz's naturally aspirated 5.5 - liter V - 8 engine.

Although testing has become a central focus of school accountability, education data often seem remote from the rush and clatter of day - to - day life.

Lost in the clatter of the health - care debate, President Obama quietly launched his plan to transform America's schools in late July.

As much care and effort went into the mix as if this were The Bourne Identity (everything from the domestic clatter of dishes in the sink to the murmur of a CIA cubicle maze is attentively rendered), yet on this BD, the results are often comical due to the cognitive dissonances created by loud, misplaced cues.

, against the soft clatter of that fountain, about all manner of things in the middle of another murderous Colorado summer.

The 5.1 DTS - HD MA track is fine as far as it goes; there's not a lot of character or definition to the dialogue, which occasionally gets lost in the clatter of sound effects and Foley work.

Still, the end manages to pack an emotional punch that is impressive in its eerie calm, a forceful counterpoint to all the noise and clatter of what has come before.

; the latter a clatter of drunken scribe clichés.

However, Madeleine is drawn to moody creative types, and her boyfriend makes the mistake of introducing her to his brother (Adam Goldberg), an avant - garde composer whose music is built around breaking glass and the clatter of metal objects.

With his chin - forward stance and ready - for - action manner, Hanks seems utterly at home amid the typewriter clatter of production designer Rick Carter's newsroom sets.

I just like bowling: the clatter of pins, the thunk of the ball on the maple, and of course, The Burger Bowl's tangy, smoky BBQ burger — yum!

Hawkers shouting out christian gay dating free to buy their wares competed with the clop of horseshooves and the clatter of wheeled carts and wagons, and London would be as good a place as any for me to pass the time.

The clatter of my heels a constant echo down the hallway.

I heard the unmistakable clatter of crutches falling down the steps.

He considers musical compositions like Johann Sebastian Bach's 18th - century «Well - Tempered Clavier» as data streams that could capture sounds as varied as wind, cricket chirps, or the clatter of a horse - drawn cart.

Thursday, only minutes after announcing plans for a new $ 25 million entertainment complex at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, Ray Halbritter of the Oneida Nation left the clatter of a news conference to hold up a strip of white cloth.

But it's equally easy to imagine the entire club imploding in a clatter of accusation and counter-briefing, broken promises, and stabbed back, the requesting of sofas and the acquisition of lamps.

The smell of it all, the meat slowly roasting to a delicious brown over smoking fires, the hungry and happy crowds waiting in patience until the spits are turned for the last time, and the clatter of thousands of dishes as they are set upon the long tables before the hungry multitude — all this lingers in the memory, and makes one long to see a «cue» again.