I broke out, looked at the detector, but nothing happened, except it showed a faint background, more than in the air.

Instead of Holly, he heard two taped voices, clear against a faint background hiss.

Finally, after a long time, the speaker came to life again with the faint background of static Jens had heard originally.

A faint background of mush came through the headphones, but nothing more.

Willie's voice came in against a faint background of mush.

And when he concentrated on that feel, it was no faint background to him.

The sky above was blandly neutral; nondescript clouds showed against a faint blue background.

He has used a limited palette - forest green, orange and black, printed on a faint yellow background - with great skill and sophistication.

The carrier hum of his radio provided a faint background to the slap-slap of cross-chop against the hull.

Low current densities produce spectral line emission, against a faint background of continuous radiation.