"distant" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Langdon heard the distant whine, looked up, and felt a sinking feeling.
- The distant whine of a jet engine broke the silence.
- In the silence, the tiny, distant whine buzzed like an insect against his consciousness.
- There was a distant whine of the elevator, probably the servicemen coming in, a sound you never heard at any other hour.
- People who live in the area said they were accustomed to hearing the distant whine of aircraft engines turn into a roar.
- He heard the distant whine of insects, but dismissed it.
- The crowd was gone, its cheers no louder than the distant whine of a mosquito.
- And now all three of them could hear it, the distant tiny whine of the electrocar.
- My watch read 10:05 when I first heard the distant whine.
- As if to confirm this, Kerri heard the distant whine of a siren.
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