In the capital, bursts of automatic weapons fire - more than on other recent nights - sounded through the city as darkness fell.

Then a burst of firing sounded below us where we'd left the rest of our party, and we stopped to look back down the hill.

A burst of machine-gun fire sounded as he spoke.

A long burst of weird mockery sounded through the darkness.

When the first ragged burst of auto fire sounded, he thought he'd been discovered.

Another burst of gunfire sounds from several rows over.

She jumped as a burst of music sounded from nearby.

A burst of savage thunder sounded from not far overhead.

"The bursts sounded like they were coming from the same weapon."

The G-12 coughed, the triple burst sounding like a single shot.