Two minutes later they heard the distant chime of the elevator arriving on their floor.

The term foster-brother rang a distant chime in Margaret's mind.

Anon, a distant chime struck the quarter after three.

I pressed the doorbell and heard a distant chime.

From somewhere came the distant chime of a town clock, striking nine.

He sat there, smiling still, and not answering, everything so quiet I could hear the distant chime of the cathedral clock.

Like a knell for the man who had met his doom came a distant, booming chime.

The booming tones of the distant chime had tolled the solemn truth.

As he stood staring at the patio, a distant chime sounded importantly.

Above the soughing of the wind they could hear the distant chime of church bells.