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

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

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

His words are, “Un jeune homme plein de candeur, de douceur, de modestie, une âme presque mystique et comme attristée lu bruit qu'elle a causé.”

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey

"Tant de bruit pour une omelette," he said, "the wretches do not deserve that I should give myself so much trouble for their sake."

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich