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However, there’s some surprisingly good ANC out there that does a fine job of filtering everyday noise like the murmurs of a cafe, kids, and pets shuffling around the house, or traffic sounds outside the walls of an apartment.
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Used this way, the fabric microphone might listen for murmurs.
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This gun operates at a whisper-soft murmur, so you never have to worry about disturbing those around you, especially if you share a small space.
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The game was a pitchers’ duel until, just like that, Pablo Sandoval swung the Atlanta Braves in front and turned Nationals Park into a gallery of light murmurs.
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It was the low-level murmur of two people who had forgotten to go on mute, followed by giggling.
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Bernard folded his hands together—almost devoutly—and stood gazing at her with a long, inarticulate murmur of satisfaction.
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Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
The leaves were motionless, the river crept past without a murmur, the dark hills rose out of the distant desert like a wave.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
At the store he would never have given in, but he was not accustomed to hearing so loud a murmur of approval greet the opposition.
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“Akhab Khan prevented those Shia dogs from shooting you and Mayne-sahib,” went on the low murmur.
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WORDS RELATED TO MURMUR

  • associations
  • atmospheres
  • buzzes
  • connotations
  • feelings
  • flavors
  • hints
  • hums
  • implications
  • low tones
  • mumbles
  • murmur
  • mutters
  • overtones
  • rumors
  • tinges
  • touches
  • traces
  • undercurrents
  • buzz
  • confidence
  • disclosure
  • divulgence
  • gossip
  • hint
  • hum
  • hushed tone
  • innuendo
  • insinuation
  • low voice
  • mumble
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • report
  • secret
  • secret message
  • sigh
  • susurration
  • undertone
  • word
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