Slowly, as his eyes adjusted, he began to see faint shapes below.
Those were left behind as the faint shapes of the others approached.
He made out the faint shapes of the three patrol cars straight ahead.
I saw a faint shape loom up before me, one hand thrust out in front of her.
I could see the faint shape of the driver through the slanted windshield.
Far off in the sky he saw the faint shape of a DC-3 flying away north.
Even after her eyes adjusted, and she could see the faint shapes of trees against the sky, there was nothing.
And, faint shapes in the moonlight, a band of men on horseback.
He could see the faintest shape out of the corner of his eye.
After twenty steps I could see the faint shape of a tree.