The silence was almost complete, broken only by occasional voices.
While the writing is both direct and brief, it does not lack the occasional subjective voice.
However, he continued to have occasional voice and throat difficulties.
If you listen you'll note mainly the Scottish burr, with an occasional voice from below the border.
An occasional, coarser human voice rose above the rest.
Why should the occasional dissenting voice have to be balanced?
The morning passed in silence but for the occasional voice from around them or the rustle of leaves.
In the woods, the wind found an occasional voice; otherwise there was silence.
There are street sounds: cars, people calling, little flurries of activity, occasional voices next door.
Silence then, except for the sound of falling water and occasional voices outside the cistern house.