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Meanings of heard distant in English

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Usage of heard distant in English
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I also heard distant voices, calling, approaching us from across the islet.
My Name is Legion
2
The Major gestured for them to halt when they heard distant voices.
Ghost in the Shell
3
Earlier I'd heard distant thunder, and I watched the intensifying clouds uneasily.
Rock and Ice Magazine
4
I heard distant conversation, like voices drifting through a wormhole in space.
Fatal Voyage
5
Fifteen minutes, a half hour, passed, and then they heard distant footsteps.
The Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kent...
6
I listened, and heard distant howlings replying to the nearer ones.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843
7
He heard distant shots and wondered who they were shooting at.
Brain jack
8
We heard distant shots, and upon arriving at the spot we found the gun-bearers.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
9
Drifting, alone in the darkness, he thought he heard distant voices calling to him.
Oracle's Queen
10
That night we saw the fire of a native camp and heard distant screams.
Spinifex and Sand / A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Ex...
11
After a little while, however, he thought he heard distant footsteps on the gravel.
The Desert of Wheat
12
Yet Nait thought he heard distant yells of alarm and wonder from the open door.
Return of the Crimson Guard
13
He heard distant shouts in the night, but was unable to make out any words.
Roma eterna
14
At night, he said, villagers had heard distant gunfire.
Reuters
15
Marilyn heard distant voices, commotion, the sound of trucks.
Moonfall
16
He heard distant laughter, the plaintive sound of pipes.
A clash of kings
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