murmur

Example Sentences

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The first replay showed a murmur of a noise on the technology and Smith immediately started to walk from the field.

From BBC

I’ll pause here for general gasping and shrieking, and murmurs of, “Wait, there’s a dividend?”

From Barron's

It speaks volumes that, when Lawrence Shankland - the Scottish Premiership's top goalscorer this season - was turned to in the 64th minute as the Scots searched for a goal, it was met with murmurs of surprise.

From BBC

"I know there's lots of murmurs, I've heard wonderful things," she says.

From BBC

He speaks with the same measured warmth as ever — that deep, lilting rumble that can shift from conspiratorial murmur to amused growl in a heartbeat — but he sometimes loses a name mid-thought.

From Los Angeles Times