Then they all sat in expectant silence Outside was the dull roar of traffic and the occasional ill-tempered squawk of a passing car.

Visitors were greeted with loud barking, hearty mewing and the occasional bloodcurdling squawk from her parrot (donated by a family in Indonesia).

In her headphones Uhura heard only an occasional squawk or gasp that could have been a transmission--or mere star chatter.

The occasional squawk of a police radio rose above the hum of cicadas in the field.

But thanks to an elaborate public relations campaign and government subsidies for people who could not afford the boxes, Berlin kept the complaints to an occasional squawk.

All was quiet, save for the occasional squawk and static of a police walkie-talkie.

Then there was only the splintering of shell and rending of flesh, and the occasional indignant squawk or threatening, hissing cry.

Except for an occasional squawk, the bird was calm, lying in the cage of fingers expertly formed first by Ms. Battaly and then by Mr. Panko.

There is no sound except an occasional squawk or the distant hum of a seaplane.

Tory and Jake picked berries in companionable silence, accompanied by the drone of bees and the occasional squawk of a blue jay startled from its nest among the briers.