1 After the mortal silence of his long imprisonment Zeena's volubility was music in his ears.
2 Ethan's ears were alert for the jingle of sleigh-bells, but not a sound broke the silence of the lonely road.
3 They did not like the dark shade of the thickets hedging the pasture creek, and they twitched their ears at Scarlett as if appreciative of human companionship.
4 Scarlett and her father each assured the other solemnly that to bring such matters to the ears of Ellen would only hurt her, and nothing would induce them to wound her gentleness.
5 Scarlett had a sudden treacherous desire to cry out, "But you've been happy, and you and Mother aren't alike," but she repressed it, fearing that he would box her ears for her impertinence.
6 Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears, but his own brisk brogue clung to his tongue.
7 It was in a saloon in Savannah, on a hot night in spring, when the chance conversation of a stranger sitting near by made Gerald prick up his ears.
8 Why the loveliest of the Robillard daughters should marry a loud-voiced, red-faced little man who came hardly up to her ears remained a mystery to all.
9 Throughout the dismal meal, Gerald's booming voice battered against her ears until she thought she could endure it no longer.
10 As the boards shuddered under her weight, the soliloquy she had been muttering in the front hall grew louder and louder, coming clearly to the ears of the family in the dining room.
11 Suellen was an annoying sister with her whining and selfishness, and had it not been for Ellen's restraining hand, Scarlett would frequently have boxed her ears.
12 The door of her parents' bedroom was slightly ajar and, before she could knock, Ellen's voice, low but stern, came to her ears.
13 "But not as loud as you yell when Mammy washes your ears," returned Mrs. Tarleton.
14 Alex and Tony Fontaine were whispering in the ears of Dimity Munroe and sending her into gales of giggles.
15 If her heart would only stop pounding in her ears, perhaps she could think of what to say.