The pieces slipped from her fingers and a few muffled screams faded into the dark.

As the screams eventually faded, so the blows became weaker.

The scream had barely faded when it came again.

The image and the scream alike faded slowly into the distance until both were gone.

A minute later Aaron stepped out of the room, the door shut, and the woman's screams faded.

The long scream faded as the car shot downward into the depths.

Petty's scream faded away as she dropped into the cellar.

The scream of die engines faded, changed to a lower register.

When the whispering screams faded away, no man or woman there could mistake the message in the silence.

John led his band past, and the screams faded into the distance.