bruit

Example Sentences

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Exceptions: Your doctor hears a swishing sound, called a bruit, with a stethoscope, or you have had a stroke or mini-stroke.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2009

Adding to the bruit of Clemens' "discov ery" was the inclusion in the Carnegie International last fortnight of his largest group painting, Water Music, which is an inept substitute for a snapshot.

From Time Magazine Archive

And in the bruit of a large city, if one voice cries out above the turmoil, will not a babel of shouts rise from competitors ?

From Time Magazine Archive

Coriolan e�t r� sist� � tout ce bruit, il e�t peut-�tre r�sist� aux larmes de sa femme et aux caresses de ses enfants; il ne r�sista pas � la s�v�rit� de sa m�re.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Les Sauuages de Sillery, au bruit du nauffrage de Monsieur Nicollet, courent sur le lieu, et ne le voyant plus paroistre, en tesmoignent des regrets indicibles.

From History of the Discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 With a Sketch of his Life by Butterfield, Consul Willshire