murmur
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As the skipper stopped the vessel, the roar of the diesel engine turned into a murmur, according to the Ukrainian military officers, who were in touch with the crew while they were at sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
During his next outpatient appointment on the morning of 19 November, medical staff noticed Archie was "very pale" and he had developed a heart murmur.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Something you accept with a paper napkin under fluorescent lighting and a murmur of gratitude.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2026
In 2018, during another hospital visit, doctors detected a heart murmur.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
A murmur went through the crowd until the soldier blew his horn again.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Despite occasional vague murmurs about very limited social-welfare reforms, Mr. Burnham doesn’t sound like a politician who intends to shrink the rolls and push more adults back into work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
In these murmurs, Ullom wonders how much modern technology has led us astray.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“So good,” Chip murmurs, his eyes rolling back.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
The main corridor linking the two golden shrines and the surrounding alleyways were once alive with the murmurs of tourists walking to prayers.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
There were murmurs and grumbles about the classroom.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
He then put his hands together, bowed slightly and murmured, “Go in grace.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Her mother murmured advice: “No one can take away what you’ve put in your own mind.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
"It's the only thing that makes me forget what's going on," he murmured.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
I went straight to hospital, was put on an IV drip and transferred to another hospital where I had to stay overnight, while doctors murmured about a serious infection and me having to sign waivers.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
“Honestly,” Louise murmured, “they go for her type every time.”
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Videos captured people murmuring confusedly, presuming technical difficulties, before the truth dawned on the crowd that pyrotechnics would not be forthcoming.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026
"Like starlings murmuring in the sky," Miller said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025
After Sinner won Wimbledon, it wasn’t hard to find murmuring that the 24-year-old Italian might be making a separation, that his sudden mastery of the grass vaporized Alcaraz’s last edge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2025
At every ceremony I attended, there was at least one person in the crowd murmuring about how the thousands of dollars spent could be better used for developing the town or funding scholarships.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025
Quietly, the woman leads him back to their place in line, the murmuring crowd parting to let them through.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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