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
Un bonheur inconnu l'envahissait; pour célébrer sa victoire et sa liberté, il remplit bientôt toute la forêt du bruit de ses chants.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Barrington, Mrs. Russell
On the other hand, no trumpet is thought loud enough to bruit about a suspicion that Man may be a creature of yet remoter date.
From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William
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