murmur

Example Sentences

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Videos captured people murmuring confusedly, presuming technical difficulties, before the truth dawned on the crowd that pyrotechnics would not be forthcoming.

From Salon

“You’re just mean,” said Briony the seal, and by now everyone was nodding and murmuring in agreement.

From Literature

Concerns about the relative impact of boxers and briefs on fertility, for instance, have given way to today’s murmurs about plastic, testosterone and population rates.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I have men positioned all the way down the line from Philadelphia into Baltimore,” he said in a deep murmur.

From Literature

This use of video—along with a murmuring choral background—makes Ana’s dream sequences, in which she tries to become part of the landscape, the most effective parts of the show.

From The Wall Street Journal