The water was 300 metres or so distant, the quiet wash of surf carried faintly on the small breeze.

Voices carried faintly from the house through the open windows into the back garden, too muffled to make out the words.

The Prime Consul's voice carried faintly over the water.

Arthur looked to where Ford's voice had come from, carried faintly in the wind.

Lights floated in the distant dark, the figures attached to them shadows with voices that faintly carried.

The noises from the reception hall still carried faintly through the damp air.

The sound of horns and marching feet carried faintly.

The cry carried faintly across the water.

Just at that moment, they thought they heard a voice carried faintly on the wind.

However, the faint cheering of the dhow's crew carried to them faintly.