a faint cry

Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words

A cry that is not loud and is difficult to hear.

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Examples (10)

  • From deep within the collapsed mine, rescuers heard a faint cry.
  • She heard a faint cry from the alley and found a box of abandoned puppies.
  • In the silence of the night, a faint cry drifted from the distant hills.
  • The baby, weak from fever, let out only a faint cry.
  • He paused, thinking he had heard a faint cry for help over the roar of the wind.
  • A faint cry was the only response to his call in the vast, empty desert.
  • As she drifted off to sleep, what sounded like a faint cry startled her awake.
  • The search party spread out after one of them reported hearing a faint cry.
  • Through the thick fog, a faint cry reached the sailors on the ship.
  • He replayed the audio recording, trying to isolate the faint cry in the background noise.