He lost the familiar note of the bell of the house behind him.

Still alien by all other standards, the second tale strikes a more familiar note than did the first.

G-8 had tried to catch a familiar note in his voice.

"Those few familiar notes lets them know something interesting is going on."

He could read the characters and the words, but they did not strike any familiar note in his aching head.

His complaints about critics and audiences struck a familiar note, even though I'm in an entirely different line of work.

Then the familiar jostling notes of the score set his ideas in motion.

The servant went even whiter at the familiar note of authority in her voice.

She struck just the right note, friendly but never familiar.

There was also a familiar note in the promise to balance the budget - something that has not been accomplished since 1969.