Sentences with phrase «faint sounds of»

Listening closely, you hear faint sounds of the city awakening across the Nile.

Again the helicopter hovered somewhere nearby; again the faint sounds of demonstrators carried on the cold air.

During Trump's speech, the faint sounds of protesters could be heard in the distance banging drums.

And right here, at the big copper beech tree that marked the entrance to the thicket, my plans went awry, for I discovered that the faint sound of sneakers I thought I had heard was my next - youngest brother Peter, who stood there panting, ready to resume our sprint through the woods to Mass..

She is grumpilcious (I swear I just felt the air whiz by my ear and the faint sound of a «thwack»).

The opening shot of the new polished compressor is accompanied by a typical supercharger whine, with only the faint sound of angry V8 exhaust noise in the background it sounds decidedly eerie.

Through every room ran the faint sound of Oceanos» river, source of the world's fresh waters, so dark you could not tell where it ended and the rock - bed began.

On the river there will be rowboats — the faint sound of blades smacking and cutting at the water, the creak of hull and oarlock, the call of boys.

Can Kaity help them save Christmas from being destroyed by Anti-Claus - a pretend Santa who is a permanent member of the naughty list?It's Christmas in the village of Chelferry, but this year the snowmen can move, the fairy won't stay on top of the Christmas tree, and if you listen closely to the musical Christmas cards, you can hear the faint sound of screaming over the Jingle Bells... — -- — -- — Cr...

It was a warm afternoon when the faint sound of thunder rumbled in the distance.

Pair the faint sound of a gunshot with a delicious treat — as soon as she notices the sound, praise and toss her a hot dog.

Surrounded by lush forests and the faint sound of insects and animals, the three days that we spent in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve is one of my favorite experiences to date.

The faint sound of dripping water from an unknown source was echoing against the filthy, mold covered walls.

Eyelashes fluttering at you from the south side of a potato field as the smell of seaweed permeates your nostrils and the faint sound of a tractor passes in the distance.

Once the so - called climatologists lose their ability to pursue their delusion at public expense, they will fade away leaving nothing in their wake except the faint sound of derision.

Not exact matches

A few inches of white powder brings an unusual and welcome softening of sound» in cities, the hum of traffic is muffled; in the suburbs even the broom of the ubiquitous snowblower is reduced to a faint and unintrusive whir, one that remains mostly beneath the surface of one's awareness.

They could write an article every bit as infantile as this woman's, claiming that ripples in space - time sound very much like the faint repercussions of the natal writhing of the dreamtime snake.

They're usually made by people who only seem to have the faintest idea of what rap actually sounds like,...

I know of a world that is sunk in shame, Where hearts oft faint and tire; But I know of a Name, a precious Name, That can set that world on fire: Its sound is sweet, its letters flame.

«Rapcore» is a relatively new style of music that sets rapped lyrics (usually screamed) to the sounds of heavy metal; it is not for the faint of heart.

Righteousness has a rather dreary sound to modern ears, because it somehow makes us think of self - righteousness, the smug twitch of the mantilla, the faint air of moral superiority.

I put it in the oven and turned my attention to other things, until a few minutes later I heard a faint «clunk» sort of noise followed by the hissing sound of liquid hitting a hot surface.

Now only faint sighs and the sound of Wetnaps being released from foil packages mar the otherwise silent room.

No alarm clock, just the scratching sound of her pawing at her crate and her faint whimpers to come up on the bed.

2014 blended into 2015 and I am back to doing what I enjoy (second to travel), with the sounds of faint pug snoring in the corner.

This wasn't the hatchet job of his recent Newsnight appearance, but even when the Prince of Darkness is on his best behaviour he can't help sounding as if he is damning the Labour leader with faint praise.

At night, sleepless, he presses his ear to the pillow and listens fearfully for the sound of his heart's «faint, brief snare - beats, like boot steps through wet snow.»

For the Mirning, the intrigue is deepened by stories of a fearsome snake called Ganba that lived in the caves, making the faint hissing sounds we can hear.

When Horne raises the rafters with a powerhouse aria and Daisy hums a faint melody, they are each relying on some unusual anatomic aspects of the throat and mouth that allow humans to transform life - giving breath into dynamic sound waves.

A dark - matter particle entering a piece of ordinary solid matter might, on rare occasion, hit an atom, make it vibrate, and create a faint sound.

The scientists combed through masses of simulated black hole data until they found the faint but unambiguous sound of black hole mergers.

He knows he's on the right track if faint popping sounds come out of the monitor.

I was wondering if this sounds like adrenal fatigue: Dizzy when getting up from a chair or bed, lowered bp, inability to sleep adequately, symptoms of chronic fatigue and feel like fainting if I miss a meal or going too long without eating.

When the horse tail herb is dry and when you shake it you can actually hear a kind of faint rustling sound.

Atlantis is as incoherent and stupid as it sounds, but it might have been enjoyable if any of the characters» experiences had been invested with the faintest hint of awe.

At other points, the camera lingers over two massive Japanese figurative sculptures of uncertain provenance, adding a sound effect of faint, Darth Vader - like breathing to suggest that they are alive, or at least awesome.

Seated in a third - floor conference room, with the sound of his school's mandatory daily exercises drifting through the window in faint echoes, Li Jianhua exudes serenity and confidence.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

If that sounds a little damning in faint praise, then bear in mind that the BMW is pretty much the pick of the executive class when it comes to dynamics.

It came boring out of the east like some ribald satellite of the coming sun howling and bellowing in the distance and the long light of the headlamp running through the tangled mesquite brakes and creating out of the night the endless fenceline down the dead straight right of way and sucking it back again wire and post mile on mile into the darkness after where the boilersmoke disbanded slowly along the faint new horizon and the sound came lagging and he stood still holding his hat in his hands in the passing ground - shudder watching it till it was gone.

She heard a faint familiar sound, the knock of the broken gate against the post at the bottom of the garden; and then an unfamiliar voice, with an edge to it, and then George's laugh.

All around me a chorus of celebratory noises fills the void: the simmering pop of the coals in the stove, the nautical creak of the whole wooden cabinet, and a faint, high - pitched cheeping from beyond the windows that sounds almost like baby birds.

They had pattern and sequence, colour and sound, brilliance and mobility; they had suspense, surprise, and a faint hint of danger; above all, they had the supreme quality of transience, which puts the keenest edge on beauty and makes it touch some spring in the heart which more enduring excellences can not reach.

It came boring out of the east like some ribald satellite of the coming sun howling and bellowing in the distance and the long light of the headlamp running through the tangled mesquite brakes and creating out of the night the endless fenceline down the dead straight right of way and sucking it back again wire and post mile on mile into the darkness after where the boilersmoke disbanded slowly along the faint new horizon and the sound came lagging and he stood still holding his hat in his hands in the passing groundshudder watching it till it was gone.

Now, drifting in with the breeze, as faint as a distant insect drone, came the sound of a gunned motor.

Worse, the single speaker is located on the bottom long side of the bezel where it's easy to obstruct with your finger or with your lap, making the sound even more faint.

Your veterinarian may suspect a congenital heart defect if abnormal heart sounds are noted in a young animal or if symptoms of heart failure (difficulty breathing, coughing, fainting) develop early in an animal's life.

«I've tried looking for an extended Youtube video of it but no one's made one yet that doesn't include some faint menu sounds in the background»

It feels roughly as responsive and accurate as it did in the original Dance Central, which may sound like faint praise, but without the strength of the game's motion - recognition and its ability to provide you meaningful feedback in the moment about what you need to adjust in order to really kill it, the rest of the package would be meaningless.

For example there's an achievement for linking 50 combos in the drift mode which sounds like it's not for the faint of heart, and there's even one for braking your engine.