They'd heard distant singing from Carter's crew, but that had made them even quieter.

While he was doing this, he heard a distant singing.

I heard the distant singing of many birds mingled with the ripple and plash of waters.

Ford heard a new sound-a faint, distant singing.

There was the sound of distant singing.

Nothing moved, and the only sound was an odd, distant singing as of great winds building aloft.

The laughter of children and the distant singing faded; instead, Garion heard screams.

Then the distant singing ended in a mighty explosion and clash of metal against metal.

Once more the cadences of distant singing claimed Stave's tone.

In the near-silence Ben could hear the distant singing of a bird.