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.