murmur

Example Sentences

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Something you accept with a paper napkin under fluorescent lighting and a murmur of gratitude.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

Yet they swallowed it with hardly a murmur.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

The murmur, though, appeared to come after the ball had passed Smith's bat.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

My son and my husband each murmur happy greetings in response, assuming I was talking to them—and Thomas, ever the diplomat, says nothing to correct the record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Lowering his voice to a murmur, Frankie searched my eyes.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros