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
There was something calming and oceanic about the rhythm of rolls and cracks around her, blending with the ambient murmur of banter and gossip into white noise.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
"There are just so many moments here that could sing, yet they barely murmur," he wrote.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
If your doctor hears a murmur while listening to your heart, he or she will likely order an echocardiogram—an ultrasound of the heart that allows a doctor to diagnose the disease and determine care.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
“Pablo...,” she said as one might murmur a prayer.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Despite occasional vague murmurs about very limited social-welfare reforms, Mr. Burnham doesn’t sound like a politician who intends to shrink the rolls and push more adults back into work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
These murmurs appear to have reached Cortis, who fans say dialled down their message on the second day of the concert.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“So good,” Chip murmurs, his eyes rolling back.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Each new alarm like this elicits anxieties and murmurs that souring private credit is about to become the new subprime mortgage crisis.
From Barron's ● May 30, 2026
Disappointed murmurs from the audience floated into the hallway.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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
"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
He clearly relishes soft playing, with sensitive effects of distant bells and moonlit drizzles in Messiaen’s “La Colombe” and “Le Nombre Léger,” and a murmured sotto voce in Chopin’s Op.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
“How well I know the pain of a broken heart,” the widow murmured, extricating her hands from the admiral’s.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Finally, the two states can no longer coexist, and she retreats permanently into delusion, murmuring “Whoever you are” to the doctor escorting her off to an asylum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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
Showy but intimate, talky yet supple, it’s murmuring assurances to rebut the very doubts he’s raising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
Tristran dropped to one knee next to it, murmuring reassurances.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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