The distant roll of thunder made Sasha open his eyes.

Silence in the cave, except for a distant roll of the thunder that gave this dark land its name.

As if deliberately to prove him wrong, there was a long, low distant roll of thunder.

In the ensuing silence there came a distant roll of thunder.

There was a distant roll of thunder, lightning illuminated the sky.

Then, to his surprise, there was a crash like a distant roll of thunder.

His voice was like a distant and ominous roll of thunder.

As if to emphasize his fears, he heard a faint, distant roll of thunder.

A lightning flash was followed by the distant roll of thunder.

And suddenly when that distant roll had died away, those inside set up a loud cheer.