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  • The train itself was silent, gliding over its induction cushion, but displaced air made the tunnel sing, bass down into subsonics.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • Then he was through the entrance, the sound crashing over him like surf, subsonics throbbing in the pit of his stomach.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • Based on the behaviour of drivers in construction zones I have concluded that highway orange is the optical equivalent of subsonics, causing unreasoning fear and disturbance of behaviour patterns, such as the ability and inclination to read highway signs.

    the Stupid Security Awards, from Privacy International « raincoaster 2006

  • She just projected that aura of terror that felt like subsonics.

    Flash ModesittJr_LE 2004

  • The words were boosted with modified subsonics, the kind that engenders respect, but not fear, and the hint of background rez.

    Flash ModesittJr_LE 2004

  • 'Perhaps a cattle prod would do the trick - or a heavy dose of subsonics.'

    The Ghost from the Grand Banks Clarke, Arthur C. 1990

  • 'Perhaps a cattle prod would do the trick - or a heavy dose of subsonics.'

    The Ghost from the Grand Banks Clarke, Arthur C. 1990

  • Then he was through the entrance, the sound crashing over him like surf, subsonics throbbing in the pit of his stomach.

    Neuromancer Gibson, William, 1948- 1984

  • The train itself was silent, gliding over its induction cushion, but displaced air made the tunnel sing, bass down into subsonics.

    Neuromancer Gibson, William, 1948- 1984

  • The door didn't conduct subsonics well, but she couldn't take this long.

    A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968

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