Sentence examples for sound of machine from inspiring English sources

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The sound of machine gun fire rattled nearby.

"Why is it, when someone starts talking about civilization, I hear the sound of machine guns?" Fay asks.

Even in translation there are some great lines – "we have taken the drum of gunpowder as our rhythm and the sound of machine guns as our melody".

But the fighting spread, and the sound of machine gun fire intensified — although it was hard to tell if it was coming from the helicopters or being aimed at them, residents said.

When Zakariah wrote "so we have taken the drum of gunpowder as our rhythm, and the sound of machine guns as our melody," he wouldn't have known composer Mohamed Fawzi would accidentally borrow a bit from The Laughing Policeman.

Somehow when the bombs start dropping or you hear the sound of machine guns at the end of your street you don't think about your "imminent liberation" any more.

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The staccato sound of machine-gun fire echoed through the valley.

All day long, the sound of machine-gun and artillery fire echoed from the area around the bridge.

Giant screens at either end of the park replayed images of tanks rolling through Tiananmen Square as the sound of machine-gun fire echoed from loudspeakers.

At one point, in between performances, the sound of machine-gun fire filled the stadium, and then several giant video screens showed black-and-white footage of the bombing of La Moneda.

The sound of machines drowned out everything except shouting.

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