1. In Ohio, people reported the sound of plaster cracking in Cleveland and buildings in Cincinnati gently swaying.
2. Further up the track rocks fall, cracking like pistol shots as the sound echoes off the steep valley sides.
3. The cracking refers to the sound of the oil having been served immediately after cooking.
4. Many city dwellers woke in the early hours to the sound of cracking thunder and streaks of lightning.
5. The shouts grew louder amid the sound of a tree cracking, ready to crash.