How would you describe a sound "appearing"?

Stick with simplicity. I propose go.(Oxford, sense 4.2)

Make a sound of a specified kind:

the engine went bang

The elevator went ping and the doors opened.

It was dark. I couldn't see anything. Suddenly, I heard a gun go bang.

Speaking of guns, go off is related:

(Of a gun, bomb, or similar device) explode or fire:

(Of an alarm) begin to sound.

And then, I heard an alarm go off in the distance.


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Assuming you're asking for the sound equivalent of:

A light appeared in the forest


Emerge

to become manifest : become known

  • A sound emerged from the forest

Along with "arise" or "emerge," you could use "ring out."

"Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night."

Or, along with those, and if you aren't talking about a sound, you could use sound as a verb. Like this:

"The trumpets sounded from the other side of the room."

But maybe don't say: "The sound sounded from the other side of the room." Unless you're after that.


A word that's sometimes used is arise. As in the line from A Visit From Saint Nicholas:

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.