murmur
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"The M4 is like a background murmur, you get used to it," added the property developer.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“It never dawned on me that four years later I’d be like, the murmur is bigger than it ever was,” Glannan said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Yet they swallowed it with hardly a murmur.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
The murmur, though, appeared to come after the ball had passed Smith's bat.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Eddie’s voice is low, barely even a murmur.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
“So good,” Chip murmurs, his eyes rolling back.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
“This is an opportunity to unplug from our daily lives,” she tells the assembled group, amid nods and murmurs of agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 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
With time on his hands, and having already heard murmurs about a gifted boy from Bihar, Naidu headed to another match being played simultaneously.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
“This must be what heaven smells like,” she murmurs.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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
She pulled her daughter close and murmured a small prayer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
“There are various options parents are given,” Lola murmured.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
This use of video—along with a murmuring choral background—makes Ana’s dream sequences, in which she tries to become part of the landscape, the most effective parts of the show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
"Like starlings murmuring in the sky," Miller said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025
The quiet murmuring of voices from the film playing on her screen helped her to drift off on a packed overnight flight.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025
During the first run of “book tour” dates, there was some murmuring amongst U2 fans that this felt like they could possibly have been pilot excursions for Bono.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2025
Stephanie pulls her away, murmuring something under her breath.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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