The tap-tap continued; the fly buzzed irritatedly. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
The tap-tap of a typewriter sounded from another room. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
Just then, there is a delicate little tap-tap at the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: January 2005 Archives] Reference
Those silly high heels she was wearing made a tap-tap sound. From Wordnik.com. [Presumption of Death]
A pathetic tap-tap, late and halfhearted, accompa-nied his cry. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Queen]
I heard a tap-tap, maybe the drivers hand on a taillight cover. From Wordnik.com. [Dog on It] Reference
When the figure was complete, she tapped it five times: tap-tap. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Adept]
He had no more than cut a slice when tap-tap came to the door again. From Wordnik.com. [Wessex Tales] Reference
An hour later, he was half-dozing when he heard a tap-tap on the bedroom door. From Wordnik.com. [Hoot]
Everywhere you look at rush hour, there's a tap-tap overflowing with commuters. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Piven: Resilient Haitians Battle Chaos and Despair in Quest for Normalcy (VIDEOS)] Reference
Even the tap-tap to get there and back, 20 cents each way, was too expensive for most. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
“I can hear you, Jared Munoz,” Mrs. Sauer said amidst the tap-tap of her keyboard. From Wordnik.com. [When Rose Wakes] Reference
In her mind she could hear the tap-tap of a hammer nailing the coffin shut on her proposal. From Wordnik.com. [Where There's Smoke]
So, tap-tap of the computer games sound like work and give me a bit of that mental freedom. From Wordnik.com. [Mulling] Reference
Then you feel a quick tap-tap in the line, softer than a rock but not mushy like the weeds. From Wordnik.com. [How to Catch More Fish by Improving your Ability to Feel Strikes] Reference
The only noise, aside from the celebrations in the castle, was the steady tap-tap of my staff. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Apropos of Nothing] Reference
They stopped, and when the echoes had died away, they were repeated: tap-tom, tom-tap, tap-tap, tom. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
That light tap-tap was an answer, it was less carrying that the clan signal, but it was clear enough. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak 2250 AD]
The bald man suddenly dropped into a Weaver stance and fired four shots in sets of two: tap-tap, tap-tap. From Wordnik.com. [The Empress File]
Or maybe he was just reading my mind, I thought, stilling the tap-tap routine my shoe had started against the floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Quickie]
I was leaning over to blow out my candle when there was a soft tap-tap, simultaneous with my bedchamber door opening. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
The low-stretchline gives you sensitivity for detecting light bites and also allows for aquick hookset when that tap-tap comes. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Perch Fishing Secrets From Field & Stream's John Merwin] Reference
They came into the sun in marchstep, though their drums were muffled, with no more than a soft tap-tap! of stick on rim to guide them. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
"tap-tap, tap-tap," sounded inside another shell, and they knew that there would soon be a second damp little Duckling beside the first. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Farmyard People] Reference
'I remember hearing the tap-tap of small-arms fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Her last words were cut across by a tap-tap on the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Lodger] Reference
Behind it and beyond it a faint "tap-tap" was now audible. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Hope] Reference
And from the kennel would come a tap-tap that told he was heard. From Wordnik.com. [Frank of Freedom Hill] Reference
The "tap-tap" of the caulker's hammer on the slip-way in Harwich. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Hope] Reference
As they sat there resting and talking, a tap-tap came at the window. From Wordnik.com. [Young Hilda at the Wars] Reference
A thin voice came through, querulous, and then the tap-tap of a cane. From Wordnik.com. [Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It] Reference
Underneath the house he heard the responsive tap-tap of a tail in the dry dust. From Wordnik.com. [Frank of Freedom Hill] Reference
So with his lightning-fast feet, Jennings gave him a tap-tap and was gone outside. From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
The "tap-tap" of the caulker's hammer on the slip-way in Harwich River was silent now. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Hope] Reference
The pause which followed was filled by the tap-tap of Mr. Gryce's fingers on his knee. From Wordnik.com. [That Affair Next Door] Reference
Of a sudden he sat up stiffly, at the sound of a tap-tap on the window-pane behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Major Vigoureux] Reference
'Is it quite good form to be distinguished at anything?' the tap-tap from his school replied. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Wendy] Reference
In the enormous cavern of the store somebody began to nail down a case, expertly: tap-tap ... tap-tap-tap. From Wordnik.com. ['Twixt Land and Sea] Reference
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