Sentence examples for echoing against from inspiring English sources

A concluding section with tolling bells echoing against a brass chorale foreshadows passages in Britten's opera "Peter Grimes".

She could hear the steady clicking of the big tow chain echoing against the still surface of the lake.

They were, those people, a kind of solution" – one cannot help but hear it echoing against some English-language South African fiction.

Near a bridge at the base of the trail to Machu Picchu, in the mounting darkness, we heard the mystical song of the Andean solitaire echoing against a distant valley wall.

As we drove him to the graveyard, the spoils of injustice, anarchy, discontent and hatred were all around us". Baldwin began with a very great subject: the drama of his own life echoing against the public drama.

echoed against a backdrop of country songs blaring from loudspeakers.

The thud of glove against glove echoed against the cavernous walls.

The organist's rendition of Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" echoed against the many vacant seats — an anthem of sorts for the franchise.

It was a quiet night, with the exception of a generator and the occasional boat horn in the distance, and Mr. Kahn's voice echoed against the water and warehouse walls as he told stories of his dying lover.

I can walk against the cold night air, becoming a character from a movie; my high heels click and echo against the closed doors and windows, my thoughts my own.

The stately trees, the way our voices echoed against the stones of the Glen Span Arch as we walked beneath the West Drive, and the rocks and waterfalls of the Loch were all familiar.