The Shadow heard the cleaving of air past his ear.

Above, I heard sounds past the hole I'd fallen through.

He heard the bullet whiz past his shoulder and felt the heat of its passage.

He heard, behind him, the pack sweep past the dark mouth in full cry.

Paks stood still, trying to hear anything past the pulse in her ears.

He felt the shock and heard Mac splash past him.

He heard the hiss of a bullet slice past him.

In another, there was familiar background music, a song that most Americans stay up to hear once a year way past their bedtimes.

"Please," she said, her voice so low he had to strain to hear it past the buzzing in his head.

Whatever you did, no one heard past the first two syllables.