Meanings of familiar noise in English

A car was coming up behind him with a familiar noise of rattle.

As soon as Christophe heard the familiar noise he went to Anna's room.

Now it was his turn to be concerned, for no familiar noise was forthcoming.

She hears a faint and familiar noise, the distant buzz of an approaching helicopter.

Nanny McPhee was in the garden sniffing the air when she heard a very familiar noise.

With generous hand the boy shared his early meal, and made a familiar noise that further won the little animal's confidence.

I opened my eyes, and stared up into an infinite, pale blue sky, in which there was a familiar noise: planes.

When they heard the familiar noise of combat, they stripped to the waist, stepped out into the hallway, and stood back to back.

His eyes struggled to find the source of the familiar noise, but he realized he could not move his arms, legs or head.

Amid the uproar one familiar noise could be heard from the Treasury bench -the sound of the Cameroons throwing over another old friend.

It was a day out in Thurles that hinted at something novel before crashing to a close with the familiar noise of easy-going Kilkenny celebration.

No need to rush in with cries of outrage; familiar noises informed me of the cause.

All the familiar noises of the factory, the dull throbbing of the machinery, were in full activity.

All day long the familiar noises of the house, exaggerated into importance by his own loneliness, went on.

Familiar noises, which sent her running.

The squad surrounds itself with the familiar noises of life, and sinks into the fondling littleness of the dug-outs.