murmur

Example Sentences

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It leans more mushroom than tomato, so the whole thing carries a low, woodsy murmur.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Yet they swallowed it with hardly a murmur.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

My son and my husband each murmur happy greetings in response, assuming I was talking to them—and Thomas, ever the diplomat, says nothing to correct the record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

The next time he took a pass, a murmur built into a crescendo as he rose for a jump hook.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2024

A murmur went through the crowd until the soldier blew his horn again.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff