It leaped and arched its back with the snap of a whip crack.

Bindan's palm hit her desk with a sound like a whip crack.

There was a loud whip crack, and smoke jetted from the sides of the door.

The mention of that name was like a whip crack.

When he spoke again, his voice carried the whip crack of command, even at a whisper.

Retief's voice hardened to a whip crack with the last words.

A hard shift, the whip crack of a shot, two shots together.

He never heard the whip cracks; we put those in later.

They were airborne, and not a moment too soon as the whip crack of a shot testified.

He looked up at Magnus, and his voice was a whip crack.