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Example sentences for "faint voice"

  • My name is John Clare,' was the reply, pronounced in a faint voice.

  • The wanderer, in a faint voice, told those friends his tale of woe; but even they were not Christians enough to lift him into their vehicle and take him home.

  • Old Parker Clare thereupon hobbled forward, trembling all over, and, in a faint voice, told the great man that his son was mowing corn, in a field close to Helpston Heath.

  • This poor woman, who had sent her five children away on the faith of a dream, was now objecting, in a faint voice, to be saved herself from evident danger.

  • Coventry was much agitated, and could not speak for some time, and when he did, it was in a faint voice as of one exhausted by a mental struggle.

  • That is Captain Osborn, I know," said Ready in a faint voice.

  • Then he bade them farewell in a faint voice, which at last was changed to a mere whisper.

  • Take the water in quick, William," said Ready in a faint voice.

  • She was startled from it by Reicht's hand upon her shoulder, and a faint voice, saying, "Let us go home.

  • Notwithstanding all this, Fine had a faint voice, weak and clear like that of a child.

  • Ah," said Rougon in a faint voice, "that's how it is I heard the bullet whiz past my ear!

  • She was startled from it by Reicht's hand upon her shoulder, and a faint voice saying, "Let us go home.

  • I muttered in a faint voice, though I was inwardly conscious that I could have got on very well without water and without muttering in a faint voice.

  • He took aim at the flying wretches, crying, with a faint voice, "Murder!

  • From that time," resumed Francis in a faint voice, "we determined to quit the neighbourhood in hopes that the furious spectre would not follow us beyond the mountains.

  • Alamontade," she said, in a faint voice, "and must it be you to urge the discovery of my object in purchasing the poison?

  • Speak on," said Ilse, with a faint voice.

  • They have torn it out," he said, in a faint voice; "probably the monks took the Roman Emperor in ivory for a saint.

  • No," said the Sovereign, in a faint voice.

  • The man taken from the wreck, notwithstanding Mr Large's report, recovered considerably, and was able in a faint voice to answer the questions put to him.

  • Hamed addressed the lad, who replied to him in a faint voice.

  • I am myself the mistress of Mary,' replied Adeline in a faint voice.

  • My tears seemed to force back his recollection; and in a faint voice, and with a look of wretchedness, he added, 'Ah!

  • Lady Helen in a faint voice, and suddenly retreating, as she saw there were gentlemen in the carriage, who looked up, on hearing the children's voices.

  • Aurora," he said in a faint voice, "the rapture in my heart prevents my taking advantage of your sweet words.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "faint voice" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    addressed myself; animal tissues; cried angrily; dangers from; deeply touched; dense mass; dramatic work; each sheet; everybody said; faint blush; faint flush; faint light; faint smile; faint sound; faint twinkle; for the second time; lawful right; must also; pays des; romantic poetry; short distance from the; single grain; slightly alkaline; take arms; time must; vital action