He gave no sign of hearing, but a faint shrill cry seemed to echo distantly.

But then she was standing on sand again, with a grey mist all round her, and the melancholy cry of gulls echoing distantly.

His own breathing echoed distantly in his ears, but he heard no other sound.

Cheerful voices echoed distantly across the water, from families playing on an artificially-natural swimming beach.

Abruptly, although a chuckle echoed distantly, Jeff Raven had broken the contact.

Sharrow listened to the sound of the plane's jets, echoing distantly among the mountains.

Streamers of light flashed within the cloud banks, and thunder echoed distantly onto the plain.

They echoed distantly; many bells, small ones, not church bells but the bells of magic.

A fresh cascade of smashing glass echoed distantly behind them.

His words echoed distantly in my ears.