The voice had a quiet, almost distant sound in it.
There was a distant sound of cars on the drive.
Distant sounds reached him, but they were too far away to make out.
Cars went by on the street with a distant comfortable sound.
I close my eyes - and hear a weak distant sound.
We hear the distant sound of music and when it approaches again.
The distant sounds of war could have been a thousand miles away.
After a while there came the distant sound of rushing water.
Far below, he could hear the roar of the water, but a distant sound.
From far off there came the distant sound of voices.