murmur

Example Sentences

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The first replay showed a murmur of a noise on the technology and Smith immediately started to walk from the field.

From BBC

“Karyn loves to live in the painting,” someone murmured, seeing the same Pietà in the light of the lamps.

From New York Times

Ralph Martinez was once a man under a bridge, sleeping on the dirt, shooting heroin into a neck vein, listening to men with liquor bottles murmuring around barrel fires in the night.

From Los Angeles Times

He split on each of his first three trips to the free-throw line, the crowd murmuring as the shots rimmed out.

From Los Angeles Times

I’ve also been here on a Saturday night when the place was too bright and the music only murmured and gave the mood of a weekday business lunch.

From Seattle Times