The faint strains of opera could be heard over the speakers.
You're here for conversation, not to croon along with faint strains of Them's "Gloria".
Depending on the season, we also sometimes hear faint strains of piano, singing and dancing as the theatrical companies in our building prepare for coming Broadway shows.
Soon I was hooked on it, so intent on firing darts at balloons that I didn't realize everyone else had left the kitchen — until I heard faint strains of music wafting up from the basement.
As the crewmen discuss the pain they experienced when crowds called them "baby killers" upon their return, faint strains of "Amazing Grace" are heard in the background, smoothly bridging a dissolve to an antiwar demonstration outside the Pentagon.
"My eyes are extra big, like Buster Keaton's, one of my comic heroes," he volunteered, against the faint strains of "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" coming from the sold-out "South Pacific" matinée (1,041 seats) overhead.
And in the home of one of football's great franchises, Edwards can hear faint strains of "J-E-T-S!" For the second time in his four years as head coach, Edwards had this wonderful tropical experience yesterday.
What a meaningful fabric this is, redolent of barefoot walks on the white sand beaches of St. Bart's, or of catching faint strains of smooth jazz floating at the far edge of earshot.
The third-season finale ended with the shocking revelation that four of the most prominent and dedicated crew members were actually Cylons, members of a special breed of sleeper robots who were "awakened" to their true nature by faint strains of music (a version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower").
Performing at the cemetery "feels like I'm a part of its history, respectfully adding to it," Ms. Newberry Grant, the play's milliner of questionable morals, said on Monday as the faint strains of an ice cream truck floated over the hill from the outside world.
