The dog's keen ears heard distant footsteps, so they retired into the wood to discuss the situation.

He forced everything out of his mind except the distant footsteps behind him.

He heard distant footsteps in the hall and the click of a light being extinguished.

When the distant footsteps sounded like they began coming closer, all but one man moved back.

His heart began to beat with heavy, thick blows that echoed the distant footsteps.

He heard distant footsteps and eased into the shadows.

The distant footstep he'd heard wasn't the first of more.

My meditations were interrupted by the sound of distant footsteps.

As she passed under the railway arch that ended in the open country road, the echo of not very distant footsteps caught her ear.

He thought he could just hear distant footsteps scuffing in the corridor.