For a very long time she said nothing, eyes closed as the telephone continued to ring in the other room.

A bell began to ring in the waiting room.

The name rang like a challenge in the room, but the three men made no move.

The sound of the blow rang in the room like a pistol shot.

But her answer rang in the room as if she had spoken: "Because it's true."

The telephone bell was ringing in the other room of her little apartment.

He hit the on switch instead and the floor receptionist's voice rang in the room.

It rang in the room like an echo of death.

"One time the phone rang in the room, and it was a strange girl," Jones said.

Sam's voice rang so clearly in the room it sounded as if he were there with her.