From far down the road came an exchange of shouts like a distant surf.

I could hear nothing at all except the distant surf and the old guy breathing.

Even the distant surf sounded louder, so the storm was still increasing.

That was the distant surf, beating upon a shore.

There was silence save for the faint vibration from the distant surf.

The speaker above his head hissed with background noise like a distant surf.

The sea wind was soft; the distant surf pounded and hushed.

The air rumbled as though stirred by a distant surf.

The brawl of the streets came up to us like a distant surf.

The pounding of the hooves reached them now, a sound like distant surf, but rising sharply.