“Cut the chatter!' interrupted Melnick, fiercely. 'Don't you know librarians can't stand noise? For them, noise is like waving a red rag in front of a bull.”
“... and her voice cut through the noise like a scythe through a poodle.”
“I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me.”
“Inside those waves our voices bounced back at us, deeper and larger for all the noise, like the voices of men. ”
“ENOUGH NOISE. STAND ASIDE. I WILL GUT HIM.”
“This meal happened to be a make-believe tea, and they sat 'round the board guzzling in their greed; and really, what with their chatter and recriminations, the noise, as Wendy said, was postiviely deafening.”