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Meanings of suspicious sound in English

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Usage of suspicious sound in English
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The reporter and Pencroft, halting at any suspicious sound, advanced with great caution.
The Mysterious Island
2
Several times he stopped to listen, but heard no suspicious sound.
The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island
3
His ear, whose acuteness was almost beyond belief, had caught a suspicious sound.
The Hunters of the Ozark
4
The guard evidently, was advancing toward the suspicious sound.
The Boy Scout Camera Club; Or, the Confession of a Photograph
5
Her quick ear had detected some suspicious sound.
The Crimson Blind
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This is very comfortable and I am all dressed ready to dive after the least suspicious sound.
Jane Allen, Junior
7
The baron's voice would also be of advantage in overpowering any suspicious sound, should there be one.
The Honor of the Name
8
The words had a strange, suspicious sound.
Quiet Talks on Following the Christ
9
It was the Indian's quick hearing that caught a suspicious sound, and then heard a stealthy rustle.
A Little Girl in Old Quebec
10
There was a suspicious sound from the dining-room as well, and the fair little face grew very red.
A Little Girl in Old New York
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Then he rebuilt his fire, pausing every few moments in the operation to listen for a suspicious sound.
The Golden Snare
12
There was not a suspicious movement or a suspicious sound to show that danger was abroad in the Green Forest.
Lightfoot the Deer
13
You shall stay and sleep by my fire, and if I hear the slightest suspicious sound I will waken you.
His Sombre Rivals
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Beyond the negative, there was just a possibility of sarcasm in it-'nicelong speeches on mangold-wurzel 'hada suspicious sound.
Wessex Tales
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As the thought passed through his mind he heard a sudden, suspicious sound right on the other side of the camp.
A Chinese Command: A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas
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But the night she left, the butler, coming downstairs to investigate a suspicious sound, found him restlessly pacing the library floor.
Dangerous Days
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