Above the sound of the Peterbilt, another distant engine could be heard.

Through the hull of the ship there came a new sound, a soft murmur as of distant engines.

Rat wanted them to leave the engines running- it would now be more likely that someone would notice the new silence than a distant engine.

The usual call is a series of thacoo or chuck notes (at the rate of 5 every 2 seconds) like a distant engine.

He thought that he could hear the hum of a distant engine.

There's nobody about, not a sound to be heard, not even a distant engine, a gust of wind, a bird.

He heard a distant engine, and a battered pickup appeared where the road entered the valley.

I could not help but think; that distant engine, this torch I held, only these lay between me a sudden plunge into darkness.

But she isn't likely to stay fine if ... I heard a distant engine.

Faintly came the sound of distant engine, flying high.