The normal sounds of city life had long since vanished.

The sound of footsteps vanished, as if someone were tracing her silent path.

The sound of the horses' hooves vanished into a sharper loneliness.

But the footsteps crunched past in the road, and the sound vanished in the wind.

He looked in the direction in which the sound of the patrol craft was vanishing.

The sound was so loud all other sounds vanished.

He turned in a circle, trying to locate it, but the sound had vanished.

Just as light and sound had vanished, she was gone, too.

He stands a long while, until the sound of her feet has vanished down the cold corridors.

When the sound had dwindled and vanished he pulled open the lid of the case.