The racket and din produced when all the bells in the tower are rung together, as they are on Easter eve, must be deafening.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Now that elephant of yours is making such a racket that one cannot even talk.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
We decide to stick to steamers in Burmah as long as we can, the extra time spent on steamers is well balanced by their comfort as against the dust and racket of a train.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch