She felt exposed and vulnerable standing there alone amid the rows of vendors and games, with the cries of merchants hawking various treats and children's laughter ringing in her ears.

Street cries are the short lyrical calls of merchants hawking their products and services in open-air markets.

The air was thick with smells of cooking meat, and from all around them in the bazaar there were merchants hawking wares at the top of their lungs.

Naitachal asked quietly as they rode past aisles of merchants hawking fresh vegetables and live poultry.

In contrast Mogadishu seemed calm, but alive with merchants hawking wares as diverse as rusted kitchen faucets and silver jewelry.

This time of year, the city's market stalls and neighborhood charcuteries are alive with the sound of merchants hawking "choucroute nouvelle," often sold from steaming buckets and platters at open-air stands.

All this activity presented a scene of apparent confusion, which was increased by the voices of the merchants hawking their wares and the shrill bickering of prospective purchasers.

Her brother grasped her by the shoulder and shoved her at me, like a merchant hawking his wares.

We're not exactly in the bustling heart of a city, with eager merchants hawking their wares.

It was market-day, apparently; the square outside the mansion was thronged with people milling about, merchants hawking their wares, farmers selling their produce, and children running underfoot.