It was a small bar of metal sliding into a socket.

Grains were mixed, while precious metals and energy products slid lower.

On other markets, grains were mixed while precious metals and energy products slid lower.

He looked into her face while she worked, hearing only the whisk of metal sliding over metal.

And when he tried to gouge it, the metal simply slid off, harmlessly.

There was the sound of metal sliding against wood, and the door was finally, blessedly opened.

The feel of the metal sliding through his flesh, though not painful, had been unpleasant enough to make him shudder at the memory.

In the silence, the sound of metal sliding on metal was startlingly loud.

Then there came to his ears the shivery squeal of stone and oiled metal sliding together.

There was a sound of metal sliding on metal, then a dull thud, and Sara jumped down.