The noise echoed dully through the ship, as though the banging was on the outside of the hull.

The sound echoed dully back from the forbidding stone walls of the court chamber.

The sharp chunk of the blow echoed dully through the snowy woods.

The priest's surprised laughter scraped out, echoing dully in the cluttered room.

The release of the catapult echoed dully along the shallow gully.

Instead it echoed dully through the room, and then came back to hang heavily between them.

He shouted her name over and over, his voice echoing dully through the empty rooms.

The thud echoed dully through the stone chambers of the dungeon.

Shanghai had become a hollow shell, echoing dully to the daily cannon and small-arms fire.

The question echoed dully in Eleanor's mind, and there seemed no logical answer.