(Later, several people chimed in vocally to familiar strains of Tchaikovsky.)

She heard familiar strains, the theme music of Faces of Death.

As they started up the stairs, the familiar strains of the overture came filtering out to them.

In a few minutes however, we were recalled to human wonder and sympathy by a familiar strain.

Present-day ears may find the work's vaguely familiar strains disconcerting, adding up to little more than a programmatic pastiche.

A familiar strain of music popped up, and the man stopped playing with the dial.

Soon the familiar strains of Tchaikovsky fill the theater, and for a few moments, protest music once again takes a spectacular physical form.

So it is a bit surprising to find him delighting in the familiar strains of Percy Grainger.

As the mess-hall doors opened, the soft background music gave way to the familiar strains of a Mendelssohn march.

George's stereo tape deck stood on a small table in the corner, and familiar strains of Bach issued from the speakers.