murmur
Example Sentences
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Dozens of world leaders were discussing how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in a videoconference on Friday when a murmur went up among the presidents and prime ministers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In 2018, during another hospital visit, doctors detected a heart murmur.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025
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
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 • Nov. 5, 2025
They rose with surprising speed into the clear North Carolina air until the din of Lakewood was a distant murmur and the entire city of Durham lay beneath them.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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