murmur

Example Sentences

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With time on his hands, and having already heard murmurs about a gifted boy from Bihar, Naidu headed to another match being played simultaneously.

From BBC

“Christoffels, my dear associate,” Father murmured in his formal, old-fashioned way, “What joy to see you on this—er—auspicious day.”

From Literature

Like all of us, she was straining to listen, to make some sense out of the murmur of voices we could all hear on the other side of that door.

From Literature

The murmuring behind us was drowning out the wasps.

From Literature

All around, he heard weird creaks and echoing groans: the ice river murmuring in its sleep.

From Literature