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  • noun Plural form of murmur.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of murmur.

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Examples

  • With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu balancing a strangely adolescent courtship of both his right-wing coalition and the American-led peace process with the Palestinians, murmurs from the Israeli left wing have been especially indistinct lately.

    Adam Chandler: Is There an Israeli Left Left? Adam Chandler 2010

  • With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu balancing a strangely adolescent courtship of both his right-wing coalition and the American-led peace process with the Palestinians, murmurs from the Israeli left wing have been especially indistinct lately.

    Adam Chandler: Is There an Israeli Left Left? Adam Chandler 2010

  • After he asked the children to name the people on whom they relied for help and support every day ( "My teachers!" answered a first-grade girl in a pink shirt), Milken revealed that one lucky teacher would be awarded $25,000, a sum met with awed murmurs from the audience.

    Loudoun County elementary teacher wins Milken Educator Award Caitlin Gibson 2010

  • With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu balancing a strangely adolescent courtship of both his right-wing coalition and the American-led peace process with the Palestinians, murmurs from the Israeli left wing have been especially indistinct lately.

    Adam Chandler: Is There an Israeli Left Left? Adam Chandler 2010

  • After he asked the children to name the people on whom they relied for help and support every day ( "My teachers!" answered a first-grade girl in a pink shirt), Milken revealed that one lucky teacher would be awarded $25,000, a sum met with awed murmurs from the audience.

    Loudoun County elementary teacher wins Milken Educator Award Caitlin Gibson 2010

  • β€œThe project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel is a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history remains unchanged.”

    CBS Developing Time Travel Drama Called MURMURS – Collider.com 2009

  • It's as if Gary Glitter was the guest, they asked him about his favourite photographs, and he passed a few round to appreciative murmurs from the TMS team.

    Archive 2005-08-28 Laban 2005

  • It's as if Gary Glitter was the guest, they asked him about his favourite photographs, and he passed a few round to appreciative murmurs from the TMS team.

    War On Drugs - They Don't Really Mean It Laban 2005

  • Across his chanting and his "padding" in the sand came murmurs from the crowd.

    The Shagganappi 1913

  • Before Lord Evergood could say a word murmurs arose in every part of the hall.

    Ginx's Baby. His Birth and other Misfortunes: A Satire 1871

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