Sensory information is as important to prose as colors are to painting: to create a vivid picture in the reader's mind by describing what a bystander at the scene would have gathered through his or her human senses.
While writing, however, we often struggle for the correct word that would best describe what we want to show. It is not that we do not know the word. The word is very much part of our normal vocabulary but slips out of our writing toolkit just when it is needed. So it makes sense to keep a list of words commonly used words handy.
The five senses are taste, touch, sound, sight, and smell
To start off, below is a list of commonly encountered sounds.
banging
beeping
breaking (dishes)
buzzing
cackling
chattering
chiming
chirping (birds)
chortling
chuckling
clacking(wooden spool against brick wall)
clanking
clapping
clicking
cracking
cracking (neck)
crashing (plates)
creaking (floorboard)
gasping
groaning
growling
grunting
honking
hooting
howling (wind)
humming
jingling (ornaments, coins)
moaning
panting
plink (of dripping water )
plop (raindrops against window)
rattling
ringing
ripping (fabric)
roaring
rustling
sighing
sloshing (coffee, water)
slurping
sobbing
squealing (tires)
swooshing (cars)
tapping
thudding
tolling bells
whimpering
whining
whirring (fan blades)
whispering
whistling
whistling
yelping (wolf/dog in distress)
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