A faint ember of hope kindled in Roran's breast.

It had only been the faintest ember of hope, but he saw it die in the Scot's eyes, as it had died in his own in the small room he used for autopsies.

He began to hear faint scuttlings behind him-they stopped each time he turned around-and now there were faint ghostly shapes flitting about at the edges of his vision: things with eyes that gleamed like faint red embers.

I fann'd the faint ember That glow'd in my mind, And strove to remember The aeons behind; To rove thro' infinity freely, and visit the past unconfin'd.

Only faint glowing embers illuminated the young lieutenant's face.

No herbs had been added to the second batch of charcoal, which was dying down in faint embers, and her eyes ached from the smoke that hung thin in the air.

The Lento finale, while duly bleak, retained faint embers of warmth glowing somewhere within all those hushed muted chords.

The fire had burned down to a few faint embers and his friends were all asleep.

The last faint embers of the Circle A campfire had gone out.

Picard peered into the distance, blinking against the gusts of ice crystals in the air, but all he could discern was perhaps a faint red ember.