murmur
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Something you accept with a paper napkin under fluorescent lighting and a murmur of gratitude.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
It’s richer, more confident, the kind of topping that makes you stop mid-bite and murmur, half to yourself, why is this so good?
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025
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
But when Khorram’s husband took Mini the Maltese to get microchipped, the vet broke the news: The pup had a heart murmur.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
The solo over, a duet followed, and then a glee: a joyous conversational murmur filled up the intervals.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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