murmur

"The M4 is like a background murmur, you get used to it," added the property developer.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

"There are just so many moments here that could sing, yet they barely murmur," he wrote.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

“It never dawned on me that four years later I’d be like, the murmur is bigger than it ever was,” Glannan said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2026

There was a murmur of dissent from the sphinxes behind her, and she flicked her tail in a quick whip of frustration, and they quietened.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

“So good,” Chip murmurs, his eyes rolling back.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

Each new alarm like this elicits anxieties and murmurs that souring private credit is about to become the new subprime mortgage crisis.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

“This is an opportunity to unplug from our daily lives,” she tells the assembled group, amid nods and murmurs of agreement.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

With time on his hands, and having already heard murmurs about a gifted boy from Bihar, Naidu headed to another match being played simultaneously.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Then, tensing, digging his nails into soil, he murmurs, “Tell me what happened.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Her mother murmured advice: “No one can take away what you’ve put in your own mind.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

"It's the only thing that makes me forget what's going on," he murmured.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

I went straight to hospital, was put on an IV drip and transferred to another hospital where I had to stay overnight, while doctors murmured about a serious infection and me having to sign waivers.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

I thought the show was a game-changer in terms of creating drama based on real-life, notorious characters whose disagreements were murmured about in the culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024

He was about to go when his father murmured his name.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The ruminative “Third Side of the Moon” finds Brock murmuring how he wishes he’d paid closer attention to the details of a friend who is no longer with him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

A murmuring, echoing chorus of the dead surrounds the central platform; they wear brilliantly colored, Mexican-inspired costumes designed by Mr. Bausor and Wilberth Gonzalez.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

"Like starlings murmuring in the sky," Miller said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025

People kept stopping to talk to him, although they mostly made small murmuring noises, like the fake brook that runs through a suburban shopping center.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025

Old Timothy never let up his hypnotic murmuring.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood