murmur

As the skipper stopped the vessel, the roar of the diesel engine turned into a murmur, according to the Ukrainian military officers, who were in touch with the crew while they were at sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Something you accept with a paper napkin under fluorescent lighting and a murmur of gratitude.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 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

The murmur, though, appeared to come after the ball had passed Smith's bat.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025

From the living room of my apartment, I could sometimes hear the murmur of my parents talking on the floor below.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

“So good,” Chip murmurs, his eyes rolling back.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

Albeit there were some murmurs of discontent at the choice of pre-match music.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

After a precious metals shop in Hong Kong's central business district announced that hundreds of silver bars had sold out for the day on Wednesday, murmurs of disappointment rippled through a waiting queue.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

Concerns about the relative impact of boxers and briefs on fertility, for instance, have given way to today’s murmurs about plastic, testosterone and population rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

“Entrance is in the carport,” G’ma murmurs without pulling her eyes away.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Daphne and Eddie magnanimously turn the other cheek and then go back to lavishing one another with murmured compliments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

"It's the only thing that makes me forget what's going on," he murmured.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

I went straight to hospital, was put on an IV drip and transferred to another hospital where I had to stay overnight, while doctors murmured about a serious infection and me having to sign waivers.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

“Any of us could fall over at any minute,” another voice chimed in, drawing murmured assent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

“There’s a good lad. Now give that to Old Tim, ta-tum, ta-tum, ta-tum,” he murmured as he reached one gnarled hand fearlessly toward the blade.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

In automatic mode, the car ambles down the boulevard, murmuring, simmering and keeping its immensity hidden from polite society.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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

Peach sobbed and sniffed, and I heard leaving noises, the kind of settling-down, murmuring noises that drift across people when they are all talking at once, softly, ending a conversation or starting the next one.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles