There was a faint shuffling, and the congregation rose to their feet.

Then there was a faint shuffling from far away, and the two voices chittered in consternation.

As she traveled the pebbled road, she detected the faint shuffling of feet and glanced over her shoulder.

Also faint shuffling sounds in undergrowth (birds?

The bedroom in front also was vacant, but I heard a faint shuffling noise from the stillroom across the landing.

She heard a faint shuffling in the darkness, but her flashlight beam picked up nothing but a giant conveyor belt.