Then above the blast of thunder rose a tortured cry.

Something gibbered and moaned as it flew past the troop, the sound of its tortured cry dopplering so close and loud that it must be within arm's reach.

Justin heard a tortured cry from above.

The tortured cry of a woman broke in.

She screamed again, a wild tortured cry as she folded in on herself.

Amy screamed, a soft tortured cry, her hands stifling it to a whisper, lest Peter or Patricia hear her.

He slapped her again, again, and her tortured but dismayingly eager cry did not bear contemplation.

Thai Dei howled a tortured cry and flung himself toward the building the Ky family occupied, sword wheeling overhead.

Dimly, he heard Pahl's tortured cry.

Then he turned quickly as a low tortured cry reached his ears.