The stillness the place had acquired was not broken by the sound of a radio playing or voices.
As I wandered, the still air was broken by the sound of roaring engines, while at the harbour, a dozen speedboats powered their way out to sea.
The tranquillity of the coastal trail is occasionally broken by the sound of oncoming foot traffic, the enthusiastic chatter sprinkled with Spanish, French and German, as well as British and North American accents.
Satisfaction studies can sound like broken records, with familiar leaders and positions that don't move.
Every day, the night air of the quiet Katsuragawa riverside was broken with the trumpet sound until Orion's Belt made its way lower in the sky.
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Mrs Philpotts' mother, who lived with the family, said she had heard an explosion and the sound of broken glass but had been unable to reach her daughter because of thick smoke.
"I'm going to sound like a broken record here but full credit to our bowlers again, " added Collingwood.
And I may sound like a broken record talking about APIs all the time, but APIs definitely play a major role in this.
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But -- I hate to sound like a broken record -- we could create an almost unlimited number of jobs out of this, even in this lousy economy, even with all this embedded mortgage crisis, if we can work out the financing.
Chinese gamblers rarely drink when money is on the line, and the low, festive hum is broken now and then by the sound of someone pounding the table in delight or anguish, or exhorting the cards to obey.
The door is broken down, and there is the sound of gunshots.
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"Little Broken Hearts" has a cinematic, often lonesome sound.
While Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell gleefully brags that his goal for the next two years is to defeat the president, Obama can say his is to reform a broken tax system and put America back on a sound fiscal and economic foundation, setting the stage for a new era of growth.
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On this afternoon at Associated, periodic silence in the room was broken by the loud, throbbing noise of generators in the vicinity--the sound of another outage.
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