murmur
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There was something calming and oceanic about the rhythm of rolls and cracks around her, blending with the ambient murmur of banter and gossip into white noise.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Medical staff took blood tests and he was admitted for a blood transfusion to address low haemoglobin levels, as well as investigations into his heart murmur.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
If your doctor hears a murmur while listening to your heart, he or she will likely order an echocardiogram—an ultrasound of the heart that allows a doctor to diagnose the disease and determine care.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
The first replay showed a murmur of a noise on the technology and Smith immediately started to walk from the field.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
“I live in my children,” and he was silent, and then I heard him murmur my name and bent down.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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
These murmurs appear to have reached Cortis, who fans say dialled down their message on the second day of the concert.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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
"My children," she murmurs, and the sound of it aches.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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
Les Clarkstone, 89, said: "It was very comfortable and never murmured, so it was quite nice. I enjoyed it."
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
"It's the only thing that makes me forget what's going on," he murmured.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
I thought the show was a game-changer in terms of creating drama based on real-life, notorious characters whose disagreements were murmured about in the culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
“Everyone wants you to get well and kick this cat killer to the curb,” I murmured.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
On many songs, including “American Girls” and “Taste Back,” Mr. Styles sings the first verse or two in a murmuring low register, his voice drenched in reverb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
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
Showy but intimate, talky yet supple, it’s murmuring assurances to rebut the very doubts he’s raising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
I hear her murmuring with Momma and Daddy and then I hear her in her bedroom.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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