murmur
Example Sentences
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Something you accept with a paper napkin under fluorescent lighting and a murmur of gratitude.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 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
“There have been whispers for weeks, a murmur that grows louder with each passing day. Surely you have felt it?”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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